Example sentences of "were [v-ing] to help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Leeming , who did n't understand Russian , relaxed as the other men stepped forward to support him ; he knew they were going to help him . |
| 2 | There was no way that James 's supporters in 1685 were going to help him promote Catholicism by undermining the laws . |
| 3 | You were trying to help me put the names in place , without finishing it off . |
| 4 | As he groggily came round he found himself surrounded by three youths he thought were trying to help him . |
| 5 | ‘ It was almost as if he understood that we were trying to help him . ’ |
| 6 | The idea that he was alive crystallized the need to let him know that we were trying to help him . |