Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helping them recognize the feeling of when they want to go can be an important component for the older pre-school child . |
| 2 | We will ensure that all 14–19 year olds have a personal tutor and careers advice , helping them build the foundations for personal fulfilment and success . |
| 3 | Recognizing the fact that they do not seem to be enjoying their children and are missing the fun of childhood can be one way into helping them realize the value of a positive approach . |
| 4 | For many patients , brief problem-orientated outpatient care seems to be a very satisfactory means of helping them tackle the difficulties . |
| 5 | Therapy will aim to reduce the guilt of such people by helping them to decide whether they will continue to practise oral sex , and , if so , to lessen the conflict within them by helping them accept the activity as pleasurable and human and not highly deviant . |
| 6 | Derek was always very supportive of what I was trying to do — helping me build the aviary in his back garden had made him interested in birds too — but I could n't expect him to drop everything and drive me from Tintagel to London . |
| 7 | The Parkinson 's Disease Society has been in touch with me , and I am grateful to its chief executive , Mrs. Mary Baker , both for information and for helping me understand the problems . |
| 8 | There was a good crowd round the 11th attracted by the possibility of seeing someone win the Bentley . |
| 9 | As its name implies , the Home Management Account is geared to helping you control the household budget . |
| 10 | The loss of his parents was very important in helping you understand the character of Piggy . |
| 11 | It proposes packing foundation boards with regional cultural and professional bigwigs , in fixed proportions to local politicians , and letting them choose the savings-bank bosses . |
| 12 | But there 's nothing wrong with challenging people on a personal level and letting them make the choices … ’ |
| 13 | There is much to be said for continuing the practice of reading to children right through the later primary years , letting them hear the cadences of book language and , where possible , letting them follow the text as well . |
| 14 | ‘ The decision was to give them a lot of freedom , letting them take the pictures they liked so long as their interpretations were true to the general concept . |
| 15 | Apart from letting them share the brand name and an instant distribution deal , The Wedding Present did not have the time to take on any record company functions for the bands . |
| 16 | There is much to be said for continuing the practice of reading to children right through the later primary years , letting them hear the cadences of book language and , where possible , letting them follow the text as well . |
| 17 | Before leaving America she gave away much of her furniture to family and friends and was able to enjoy letting them have the pieces they had always liked . |
| 18 | What I 've recorded and just letting them have the tapes . |
| 19 | Thank you for letting me share the celebrations . |
| 20 | What was he doing , letting you wander the streets half dressed in the rain ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Letting you share the limelight ! |
| 22 | Perhaps not letting you know the party was off was a Freudian slip . |
| 23 | My ultimate desire — as it was with Seve and all my pros — was the perfect bag ; catching every ball without letting one hit the ground , from a wedge to a driver . |
| 24 | ‘ And you can come in my mouth for another fiver , ’ she said , deliberately pushing her hip into him , letting him feel the soft flow of her limbs . |
| 25 | I waited a moment , letting him think the line was dead . |
| 26 | ‘ Just give me a moment , ’ she begged , letting him hear the tremor in her voice . |
| 27 | ‘ Suppose Angy changed her mind about letting him have the ring ? ’ |
| 28 | She and her sister both have ponies already and were experienced enough for me to be happy about letting her take the ponies on . |
| 29 | She wheedled him into letting her take the art class … for a consideration , of course . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ That Angy had started an affair with Rodney Shergold , as a kind of quid pro quo for letting her take the art class . |