Example sentences of "[pron] helped i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was either the carrot or the stick which helped me to complete the analysis and report on my results . |
| 2 | It 's no exaggeration to say that I owe my start in politics to the G M B because after having worked , as Dick said , for the G M B for a number of years it was the support of the G M B which helped me win the nomination for Chesterly Street and in the early eighties I can remember when er the Labour Party was going through a difficult period it was officials and members of the G M B who were a steadying influence in my constituency , as they have been ever since . |
| 3 | I could never cook myself a meal , even with such complete mod. cons , and Hellen , who helped me arrange the furniture , pictures and scrolls , would tease me as ‘ the eternal bachelor ’ who could not fry an egg or boil water without burning it . |
| 4 | ‘ You helped me buy the land for the new town when I first came to Haiti . |
| 5 | Then one of the others came and he helped me rehang the curtain and move the damaged screen . ’ |
| 6 | He helped me shift the tea-chests |
| 7 | Bolinger ( 1974 : 75 ) presents the difference between ( 15a ) and ( 15b ) below as one of " immediate " vs " mediate " assistance : ( 15a ) He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder ( He climbed with me ) . |
| 8 | yes last week he helped me turn the garage out he took all the rubbish left over from the tip down to the tip . |
| 9 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |