Example sentences of "[noun] help [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Chancellor is ploughing £4 billion into industry to help pull it out of the doldrums . |
| 2 | When the Toronto-based journalist Leo Heaps wrote a book detailing the secrets of their rise to power , pressure from the brothers helped ensue it never appeared . |
| 3 | The Christian Democrats and Socialists did not relish the idea of Cold War in Spring 1947 but their liberal-democratic sensibilities and need for US financial aid helped push them towards co-operation with America ( whose support was also vital in resolving the future of western Germany ) . |
| 4 | A large crowd of spectators from the corner pub helped drag him out of the mud . |
| 5 | ‘ How about Communists in government ? ’ suggested a friend to Senator Joe McCarthy from Wisconsin , who was looking round for an issue to help get him re-elected . |
| 6 | In a drift away from the Auld Alliance , leading magnates appealed to the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth of England to help rid them of the French . |
| 7 | You would not expect a well-made machine like this to be light , and at 2.8kg ( 6.2lb ) it is n't , so you need the two handles moulded into the case of the machine to help hold it . |
| 8 | As the bulbs begin to swell , expose the tops to the sun to help ripen them to a golden colour . |
| 9 | Squeezing strokes help restore you after a tiring day by alleviating tension from tight , sore muscles . |
| 10 | If those who run and use these schools want something special they should go private and let the parents help support them directly through fees . |
| 11 | If the patient 's foot tends to twist as he stands on it , he may be given a special ankle support to help hold it comfortably in position . |
| 12 | Dr. Tomlin has written a letter to Mr Gorbachev explaining about his hunger strike , and asking for support to help make him a Czech national again . |
| 13 | The wind resistant Tactel and Ebyl Thermovelours fleece helped keep me snug and warm on the few chilly days we 've had this summer . |
| 14 | Here 's a checklist to help ensure you end up with the right advice . |
| 15 | Bond 's technical wizard Q ( Desmond Llewellyn ) and new assistant Eve Barker , from BBC 's Born Kicking , realise the security implications and come out from the shadowy world of espionage to help publicise them . |
| 16 | The average farmer should be able to cope with the explanatory booklet , the form to fill in , explanatory notes to help fill it in , and a letter from Sir Hector Monro , Scottish Agriculture Minister . |
| 17 | We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them . |
| 18 | Then come back into the classroom and work out a picture , using your sketches to help give you information . |
| 19 | It is true that William Cobbett , born in 1766 , was to write , " I do not remember the time when I did not earn my living " , but he was the son of a moderately successful small farmer in a district where hop growing enabled a decent living from small acreages for a family with three sons to help work it . |
| 20 | The new day ward is named after the late Doris Field , whose money helped get it going . |
| 21 | A clinic has perfected a £3,500 technique to help make them fathers again . |
| 22 | The possibilities are endless and they all do their little bit to help keep you in a state of readiness for change . |
| 23 | Hypnotherapy helped steer him through these squalls towards the final harmony that he should achieve before the final crowning implant of the Black Carapace . |
| 24 | I understood exam stress thanks to you — my daughter took me to the exams to help keep me calm . |
| 25 | Leading fireman Trevor Stretch has been given a £150 cheque to help rally his specially equipped Lada 1300 , supplied by Lifestyle Garages of Braintree . |
| 26 | Kay , an ACET nurse , visits a client to administer Petamadine to help prevent him developing pneumocystis corinii pneumonia ( PCP ) . |
| 27 | As a layer of gravel will be put into the base of the jar to help weight it down these slots should be just above this layer otherwise a strong powerhead could pull it into the pipe and block it . |
| 28 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 29 | What was this war coming to and where would it all end when they were taking on lassies to help fight it ? |
| 30 | The added danger is that turning east instead of west will take a lost party deep into the wild region and away from help , with no prominent features on the hill to help make them realise their error . |