Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [to-vb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Included in the deal would be $4 billion worth of emergency loans from the Export-Import Bank of Japan to help provide the Soviet Union with consumer goods . |
| 3 | A helpful corporal with a drawn sabre rode his horse in front of Harper to help clear Lucille 's passage to the big house . |
| 4 | If there is a thick layer of sediment on the bottom , start using a product like A.B.A. to help remove this sludge — but you will have to increase the aeration of the water while you use it as it can cause a heavy demand on the dissolved oxygen to remove the sludge . |
| 5 | We now have to raise money , in more fortunate areas like Oxfordshire to help provide scouting in the inner cities . |
| 6 | Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises . |
| 7 | At the request of Henry of Trastamara , then seeking to wrest the succession of the kingdom of Castile from his half-brother , Peter , known as ‘ the Cruel ’ , French troops , under du Guesclin , recently ransomed , crossed over into Spain to help bring about the defeat of Peter . |
| 8 | Inner fabric : ripstop nylon , coated with Scotchguard to help prevent the fabric from absorbing water . |
| 9 | But he maintained the government would not be providing extra money for SSDs to help establish a provision system for these young people , who are technically still children . |
| 10 | Thus in 1629 the Baron de Charnacé represented France on a mission to Denmark , went from there to several of the German states , and from Germany to help negotiate a truce between Sweden and Poland . |
| 11 | As George would be the one who would work most closely with the new shepherd , he went with his father to the Hirings in Kirkbymoorside to help choose a man . |
| 12 | Since the scheme was introduced , £957 million has been made available through it in Scotland to help bring many empty houses back into use and assist in reducing waiting lists . |
| 13 | On June 15 a four-member Commonwealth team arrived in Nairobi to help plan the elections , led by Sir Anthony Siaguru , a Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General . |
| 14 | ‘ We act as back up to the contractors and commissioning teams who call in TSDO to help sort out problems large and small , which I am happy to say we do quickly in the vast majority of cases . ’ |
| 15 | He promptly referred the caller to Southampton based Royal Scottish Consultant John Buckland who called in Danny to help set the wheels in motion . |
| 16 | Also a well advanced programme is in hand to acquire spares from BR to help keep 47401 running for many years to come . |
| 17 | The 50-year-old singer , currently in Britain to help celebrate Buddy Holly Week , sponsored by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney , was presenting a prize today at the Rock Brain of Britain competition in London 's Victoria Palace . |
| 18 | The Swiss government agreed in September to help recover funds transferred into Swiss bank accounts by successive governments under former President Moussa Traoré ; Swiss authorities estimated the funds to amount to US$1,000 million . |
| 19 | In a special preface to their communiqué the Foreign Ministers extended to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe " the hand of friendship and co-operation " and expressed determination to " seize the historic opportunities resulting from the profound changes in Europe to help build a new peaceful order … based on freedom , justice and democracy " . |
| 20 | Your interpretation of the information you gather for your articles is , of course , a matter for your own judgement but those of us who are obliged to use Network SouthEast at fares ‘ much higher than in Europe to help keep the whole show on the rails ’ might be pardoned for taking a less sanguine view . |
| 21 | The Somali government has armed refugees from Ethiopia to help fight the rebels ; deserters from the army are also roaming the desert . |
| 22 | Mike Baxter , senior research scientist at the Centre for Rural Building , Aberdeen , was at the National Pig Fair in April to help launch the Freedom farrowing system , which he has spent eight years designing . |
| 23 | was among a group of 40 tradespeople who visited the village of Goiesti in April to help renovate an orphanage for the forgotten children of Ceausescu . |
| 24 | The last group of 850 Belgian paratroopers flown in during September to help evacuate foreigners from the country was withdrawn on Nov. 4 . |
| 25 | But at least , he thought as he gave a final wave , she had n't asked him whether he had come to Norfolk to help catch the Whistler . |
| 26 | Upon the publication of the process in 1879 , Gilchrist moved to Middlesbrough to help perfect the dolomite ( magnesium limestone ) liner for the converter in the works of Bolckow , Vaughan & Co . |
| 27 | Residents at Wesley Court , Darlington , held the event on Saturday to help pay for day trips and to replace their karaoke machine stolen last month . |
| 28 | It was the AMA 's Peter Westland who , at a private King 's fund College seminar on phase two of community care implementation last April , called on Wordsworth to help express his fears about care management 's impact on service users . |
| 29 | Experienced social workers from Strathclyde were drafted in to Orkney to help remove the nine children alleged to have been sexually abused from South Ronaldsay . |
| 30 | LAB were able to make an annual grant to Gail to help ease her financial difficulty . |