Example sentences of "helping him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Donald was bracing himself to take the weight of the heavier outer door and Donald McLaggan was helping him , easing it up off its hinges . |
| 2 | Colberg galled him most — the officer 's gentlemanly aplomb helping him to swim like an eel under and between the weapons of a thousand angry people . |
| 3 | He was told that the government department , with general responsibility for arts policy , has no means of helping him to reclaim the bronzes from the Ariadne Galleries in New York . |
| 4 | One can imagine his dismay when he returned to the port and found the ship had gone — either earlier than planned or because the crew did n't want to be caught helping him . |
| 5 | These , too , had been fated , Wexford 's broken by a pretty young woman who was helping him with his enquiries and Burden 's one day inadvertently put out with the rubbish . |
| 6 | I do n't mind helping him and that , but I must admit I 'm feeling a bit uncomfortable with this leg . |
| 7 | always helping him . |
| 8 | From February '97 onwards Helen is helping him to buy some newly needed textbooks . |
| 9 | ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’ |
| 10 | So I clung to him through the poetry I went on helping him to write . |
| 11 | The opposite was true in his perception and so it was necessary to work with this widower helping him say out loud the things that he wanted to say to his wife — all the uncomplimentary and difficult things — and then , having done that , to begin grieving for the lost relationship . |
| 12 | North worked with Waite , helping him with transport , using him as a cover , to an extent that is still not public . |
| 13 | It was at least ten summers past that the Colonel and Miss Danziger had met at The Tamarisks and the Colonel , finding the guest a most informed companion , had asked her assistance in helping him pin-point locations where he was most likely to uncover particular fossils , and attract particular moths . |
| 14 | By then Richards , his England colleague and the opposition No 8 , had retired , reluctantly conceding that a troublesome right Achilles ' tendon was not helping him or the Tigers . |
| 15 | Andrew was meant to be helping him and , hard-headed as usual , John Knox had put the supposedly spare clerk on other work . |
| 16 | ‘ Stout fella , ’ Murray approved , helping him stand again . |
| 17 | What the admiring spectators did n't see was Zarei sitting in the first aid room and insisting those helping him look away as he took off his socks , ‘ because I do n't want to frighten you ’ , and later on slipping a tape of Irish Folk music in to his Walkman as he went back on to the track and muttering quietly to himself , ‘ that will help me stop thinking of the pain ’ . |
| 18 | If he has severe perceptual problems , for instance , you may need to keep reminding him where his face is by helping him to touch it , or he may keep forgetting to shave or wash the left half of his face . |
| 19 | Although the patient may feel more comfortable with you because of your familiarity , you can delegate everyday tasks such as taking the patient to the toilet , or helping him to eat , provided that you make sure the helpers understand how to treat the patient gently , and how to help him position himself correctly in order to control his spasticity . |
| 20 | Richie Collins faced the same theoretical conundrum that affected Michael Chang when he congratulated God on helping him to win a tennis match . |
| 21 | One day when we were at the hospital , Michael was undressing behind screens preparing for his treatment and I was helping him ; and we heard the radiographer say , ‘ If you hear a lot of laughter coming from behind those screens , Doctor , it 's only the Homes . |
| 22 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 23 | It must have been humiliating for her to accept that after helping him to create an empire within show business , he should choose to spend his time with a younger woman . |
| 24 | In Harry 's case , a pre-retirement course could have been of great value in encouraging him to accept his impending retirement and helping him decide how to redirect his energies before he finished working . |
| 25 | Betty now in her late 60s , spends all her time looking after him , helping him dress , wash and go to the toilet . |
| 26 | He had to find out how far Green had gone , and soon made himself known to him on the pretext of helping him . |
| 27 | But he persevered and now has three assistants from the students at the university helping him . |
| 28 | Similarly , within ATE areas testing could be supported by intelligent diagnostic information systems capable of guidance and support to the test engineer helping him assimilate complex failure history data and useful testing procedures . |
| 29 | Over the weeks of tending his back , washing and feeding him , even helping him with his most intimate needs when he was too weak to help himself and Hawkins was n't there , she 'd grown familiar with his body . |
| 30 | When we help them God sees it as helping him ; when we are kind to them , God counts it as a kindness done to him , and so on . |