Example sentences of "helped [pron] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 2 | Their solitary life meant that they were in the forefront of the new mystical spirit of the fourteenth century , and through The Ladder of Perfection Hilton helped them to graft the new spirituality onto the old Benedictine pieties . |
| 3 | Although Laing started at the bottom of the ladder , he admits that the fact he and his brother inherited control of the business early on in their careers helped them to climb the hierarchy rather swiftly . |
| 4 | Sleeman 's Indian journeys , his great interest in local customs and religious beliefs , his explorations of temples and ruins wherever he went in pre-Mutiny India , helped me to see the Irish as an Indo-European people . |
| 5 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 6 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |
| 7 | The irresponsibility of this helped me to escape the force of the problems , but at the same time I was constantly troubled by suspicion . |
| 8 | It was either the carrot or the stick which helped me to complete the analysis and report on my results . |
| 9 | His deep sincerity helped me to face the future there . |
| 10 | Henry helped me to catch the train . |
| 11 | The fact that he was such an emotional mess helped me to keep the necessary distance . |
| 12 | But in Using a Model for Nursing ( Roper et al , 1983 ) , the third year student nurse contributing to the study in a surgical ward , commented that the model approach helped her to appreciate the need for planned discharge goals ; even when admitting the patient , she was alerted to consider what the patient required to know on discharge in order to resume her usual Activities of Living . |
| 13 | Her sympathy for Mrs Wallington helped her to ignore the realisation that it was an enormous relief to be away from Anthony and with people who produced an atmosphere of such calm and ease that she felt immediately at home with them . |
| 14 | I stood behind her and , when she said the word , helped her to heave the load from the ground . |
| 15 | He helped her to make the house ready for the next occupant , and though she protested he gave her the money for her railway journey back to London . |
| 16 | She went back to the gallery , furious , shut the door , pulled down the blind , and those other guests still inside helped her to remove the paintings from the walls . |
| 17 | All the girls helped her to get the fire going , spread the tablecloth , put out the cups and plates , laughing and whispering and bustling about as they showed her the places and secrets of the kitchen , the room that was now her room . |
| 18 | Wordsworth concludes The Prelude with tributes to his sister Dorothy , and to S. T. Coleridge , both of whom , in their different ways , helped him to resolve the personal crisis into which the events of the 1790s had led him , and I have given a short biography of each . |
| 19 | She got out , pulling up the hood of her waterproof , and helped him to carry the crates up the drive . |
| 20 | The positive attributes of Piggy stressed were his mature attitude , good scientific understanding , which helped him to dismiss the beast quickly , and clear head ( which became very important towards the end of the book ) . |
| 21 | Robert Dodsley was encouraged by Daniel Defoe and by Pope whose gift of £100 helped him to enter the book-trade . |
| 22 | It was after this that Vere Barker , his rather grand agent , helped him to get the house in Hampstead and began to up his fees even for radio — for which he continued to work — poems , plays , schools radio , £10 , £12 , £20 sometimes : it all totted up . |
| 23 | What is sure is that Field , with his access to the latest English pianos at an early age , at no time played the harpsichord , and this , perhaps , above all helped him to develop the use of the pedal , which he would often sustain through changes of harmony , for the sake of the colouring of the phrase . |
| 24 | Despite the recession this helped us to retain the vast majority of our members and welcome new ones to our ranks . |
| 25 | This helped us to maintain the dividend at 9p per share , rather than having to reduce it . |
| 26 | The existing clients helped us to raise the money and went round their relatives . |
| 27 | They helped us to transport the food . ’ |