Example sentences of "help [pron] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His original partner had been killed in a shoot-out four years earlier but instead of taking on a new partner Mauer now worked with the rookies , showing them the ropes and generally helping them to settle into the daily routine at the Mozartstrasse precinct as quickly as possible after their graduation from the Police Academy in Vienna . |
| 2 | Two external consultants helped them focus on the key issues . |
| 3 | I 'm sure a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and that helped me cope with the daily pressures of newspaper life . ’ |
| 4 | He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house . |
| 5 | We had grown together not just in terms of affection but in our attitudes , in our views on personal dignity and in a mutual trust that helped us deal with the curious life we now shared . |
| 6 | One manager who tried out the forms says ‘ They helped us attend to the little things that parents do without thinking , like making sure children have had their immunisations and following them up if they 're missed . |
| 7 | ‘ Is that the chap who was helping you move in the other day ? ’ |
| 8 | Courses were necessary for mainstream teachers , including headteachers , to help them cater for the multilingual population of their schools , and Heads of Modern Languages , who were often given responsibilities for South Asian languages despite the current limitations of their professional competence to foreign European languages , were a prime target for reorientation courses . |
| 9 | When world oil prices plunged in the 1980s , their leaders did little to help them adjust to the inevitable decline in living standards . |
| 10 | There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload . |
| 11 | Shipmasters long ago found that their societies are never likely to help them owing to the inevitable scattering of members and the indifference which distance begets . |
| 12 | In order to reinforce the Cartagena Declaration , Bush stated that he would ask the US Congress to sanction increased aid to the three Andean countries for the period 1991-94 , to help them deal with the social and economic problems resulting from drug eradication programmes . |
| 13 | FOUR North Wales schoolgirls are seeking sponsorship to help them get to the British ski championships . |
| 14 | To help them get in the laughing mood . ’ |
| 15 | In a small house , you might want to replace the bath with a shower to create more space ; in larger houses , you may be able to fit a shower unit elsewhere to help you cope with the early morning rush hour . |
| 16 | Your muscles tighten up , your heart beats faster , your blood pressure rises and your body produces extra adrenalin to help you cope with the stressful situation . |
| 17 | But there are many more , of course , and listing playwrights is useful only insofar as it presents a few guidelines , primarily to help you look in the right places . |
| 18 | The society claims that there are ‘ cosmic masters ’ in the universe and that they have come ‘ to give priceless teachings to man to help him prepare for the New World and to bring a great millennium of peace ’ . |
| 19 | But pondering each may heighten awareness or trigger new avenues of thought to help us break through the double walls which arise around every church : one built by the members and the outer one constructed by the community . |
| 20 | Although she had come to dislike Dr McNab , believing him to have been indirectly responsible for her father 's death , she remained constantly at his side , helping him to care for the sick and wounded . |
| 21 | It 's the new Protagon , the tennis racket which sounds like a drug but which plays like an old friend , the loyal doubles partner who helps you to cope with the important things in life , things like how to fox the club champion who usually knocks you off without ever getting out of auto pilot mode . |
| 22 | ‘ Making jokes helps us to deal with the awful reality . |
| 23 | It will do you good , help you to get over the bad time you 've just had . ’ |
| 24 | It can help you concentrate on the inner content of the music ; and I have always been able to establish a real sense of what the musicians are doing . |
| 25 | Project staff will help you to apply for the available grants and carry out practical work . |
| 26 | Then a little genuine humility will help you to work on the negative side and this will get you going on the right track . |
| 27 | It will probably not go unnoticed if you appear well organized at this stage , and it will certainly help you to appear at the right place and at the right time looking calm and unruffled . |
| 28 | ‘ It is a pittance and it will not help us deal with the huge problems caused by the closure of Parkside . |