Example sentences of "to help [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the visit Archipenko told Modigliani to help himself to the fruit and vegetables in their garden which he took back to Jeanne and her mother as a peace offering . |
| 2 | He immediately began to help himself to the food . |
| 3 | It had not been lessened when William of Ypres , the surly Flemish commander of the royalist army , had begun to question her extensively about the size and strength of the garrisons at Gloucester and Bristol , the state of the Empress 's exchequer , the loyalty of her supporters , and whether Geoffrey of Anjou was planning an invasion of England to help himself to the throne by right of his wife . |
| 4 | A previous landlady had tried to help herself to the orange juice to put in her gin . |
| 5 | She gave Victoria a banana whenever she saw her and would tell Melanie to help herself from the baskets of nuts . |
| 6 | The stout plastic sacks are ripped open by sharp beaks , allowing the birds to help themselves to the contents . |