Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LORRY driver who helped take aid to refugees in Croatia was yesterday named Britain 's Top Dad . |
| 2 | BUMPER nine-month figures at drugs group Medeva helped add sparkle to its shares yesterday , climbing slowly towards its high of 301p earlier this year . |
| 3 | At the Youth Hostel Association ( YHA ) we fully support any initiative to help improve access to the countryside and have taken this into account in recent developments at our youth hostels . |
| 4 | Importantly , by enabling us to see the lack of stability within textual play , deconstruction has helped bring attention to the exterior forces which attempt to control such play . |
| 5 | IT seemed a sick joke by John Major to send Lord Owen to help bring peace to Yugoslavia . |
| 6 | BRITISH fliers are to help bring food to the starving people of war-ravaged Somalia . |
| 7 | During the first weeks of the new year ruthless reprisals helped restore order to urban Russia . |
| 8 | Speculation about what will be in it ranges from a package of measures to help reduce unemployment to increases in petrol , alcohol and tobacco . |
| 9 | A year later , at another John Peel session , they drafted in Len Liggins to help add authenticity to their new-found folk edge . |
| 10 | However , those differences which do exist point to JC rather than any other Creole as the focus . |
| 11 | Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me . |
| 12 | ‘ Roman did make love to you while I was spending his money , did n't he ? ’ |
| 13 | Staring from the window , her mouth curved in a smile , she wondered what he would say if she told him that if he did make love to her he would be the first . |
| 14 | At the end of our statement sir we we did make reference to the er er removal possible removal of the article fourteen . |
| 15 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 16 | As companies that do fall victim to computer crime prefer to deal with the problem internally , personnel security may well turn out to be the most vital component in a firm 's defences . |
| 17 | Because the insulating characteristics of timber-frame houses are so good they do give rise to the problem known as ‘ interstitial condensation ’ , as was revealed in the television documentary . |
| 18 | However , some contracts not currently recognised do give rise to firm commitments — for example , both operating and finance leases commonly do so , and under the principles in the chapter , the assets and liabilities stemming from both should be recognised . |
| 19 | I wonder how many teachers do give consideration to ‘ what the boys will like ’ when choosing a class text , and expect the girls to be more tolerant of the choice made . |
| 20 | People do give support to their kin but they do so in a way which is patchy , possibly idiosyncratic , and which certainly can not be predicted simply from knowing how they are related to each other . |
| 21 | They do give weight to the judgements of the most aware , those who have educated themselves to discriminate between flavours most accurately . |
| 22 | My father did give money to the Arabs to keep his head . ’ |
| 23 | He did give power to schools and parents , but that made him enemies . |
| 24 | But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships . |
| 25 | Erm , whilst those credit approvals do bring reimbursement to the council over time , the equivalent amount to grant in broad terms . |
| 26 | Twenty two points in the final quarter underlined Bangor 's superiority , but did scant justice to a gutsy defensive show by Collegians in the first half . |
| 27 | They do run counter to the views about national sovereignty held by most peoples in Europe , not just the British . |
| 28 | It is in fact NACAB policy that advice workers should be able to carry out some limited counselling functions and they do run training to that end . |
| 29 | Thus , even when they do provide employment to otherwise unemployed people , they do so primarily to unregistered part-time job seekers . |
| 30 | However , it did draw attention to an important point that seemed to have eluded positivist correctionalism : crime does not have a blanket , objective status that enables us automatically to be against it regardless of what ‘ it ’ is . |