Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Purchaser research is the name given to the research services we can provide to our clients to help them advance and achieve strategic objectives . |
| 2 | The purpose of this and future practice notes is to provide auditors with guidance on new or changing issues , with explanatory and other material to help them interpret and apply auditing standards . |
| 3 | Students are often uncertain whether they are taking the right kind of notes to help them survive and succeed at college . |
| 4 | Research is a sophisticated modern service and it is used increasingly by public relations consultancies to help them define and create a public relations programme . |
| 5 | We should restrict ourselves to trying to understand , and then try to help them expand and develop what they want to say . |
| 6 | Would you like to help me try and take some ? |
| 7 | You will also need a strong crowbar to help you lift and overturn large boulders . |
| 8 | Here are some ideas to help you mix and match : |
| 9 | Do you keep some record of God 's goodness to help you commemorate and celebrate ? |
| 10 | To help you write and present a better report . |
| 11 | Your relatives , friends , social worker and/or solicitor will do all they can to help you understand and complete the formalities . |
| 12 | I came to help you escape and you have insulted me , me and all true free dragons with your petty invitation . |
| 13 | Friends raise funds for Mark THE family and friends of autistic five-year-old Mark Mason have raised £1,400 to buy special computer equipment to help him communicate and make better progress at the special school he attends in York . |
| 14 | He also had a computer at home with simple tailor-made programmes designed to help him find and match words . |
| 15 | It also needs a second additive to help it dissolve and raises the vapour pressure of petrol , which can cause havoc with a car 's Fuel pumping system . |
| 16 | Tiny protein structures protrude — like flagellae to help it move and pili to attach itself to surfaces . |
| 17 | Trafford education authority has received about £13 million in the past two years to help it reorganise and improve its schools . |
| 18 | AEA itself has appointed consultants and merchant bankers to help it develop and refine its work on strategic options as its contributions to the DTI review . |
| 19 | Half-way up they met Pipkin , who was small enough first to let them pass and then to turn round and follow them . |
| 20 | Just when Tod has established our relationship with Irene on a secure footing , the kind of set-up that any sane man would kill for , with her punctual visits and affectionate phone calls , the movies we enjoy together , the fine dining , the peace and safety ( the forgiveness ) that her presence confers , plus the exquisitely torpid lovemaking which takes place right on the button every couple of months or so , and reaching the stage , now , where I think we can tackle her , gently but firmly , about her untidiness around the house , because it 's best to get these things out in the open , not to let them rankle and fester , and so on-guess what . |
| 21 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 22 | I suppose you have to let them experiment and then learn their lesson the hard way when they take a spill . ’ |
| 23 | It still was n't time to let them come and go as they pleased . |
| 24 | But what we 've done now they 've agreed to let me pay and I pay cost price for the drinks . |
| 25 | I ask but one single thing : to let me love and care for my poor , weak , ill-used wife as poverty permits , without their trying to separate , worry , or hurt us . ’ |
| 26 | So they agreed to let me play and I asked them where they wanted me . |
| 27 | ‘ I shall convince the parents to let me come and stay with you in the holidays , ’ Antonia had promised . |
| 28 | ‘ Try to leave before I 'm ready to let you go and you 'll find out ! ’ |
| 29 | He side-stepped to let her pass and they collided . |
| 30 | His arms tightened round her as though he could n't bear to let her go and he kissed her again , hungrily . |