Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I helped him pull the two long wicker chairs from the far end of the terrace . |
| 32 | Mark Roe explains the swing change that helped him win the recent Lancome Trophy . |
| 33 | And the young woman let her tie the grizzling baby into the bath-chair and wheel it around the courtyard to look at the hens . |
| 34 | But production only reached 421,000 last year and the real bright spot was Land-Rover , whose Discovery model helped it achieve the best year for sales since the first Land-Rover rolled out in 1948 , while productivity jumped 25 per cent . |
| 35 | Last year Philips petitioned Brussels for this price rise , without even telling Sony , the Japanese company that helped it develop the digital disc system . |
| 36 | Caddis houses helped us take the previous step ; snail shells will help us take this one . |
| 37 | ‘ Let them squeeze the old man 's balls , then . |
| 38 | We would issue slides to PS staff and let them run the charging system themselves . |
| 39 | When Hazlitt and Coleridge visited Alfoxden the following day , Wordsworth was away from home ; but Dorothy provided them with a ‘ frugal repast ’ and let them see the now-abundant manuscripts intended for the Lyrical Ballads . |
| 40 | ‘ Let's say that he should have come to me first , ’ George said in a heavy , measured tone , ‘ and let me sort the whole thing out . |
| 41 | Let me answer the second question first . |
| 42 | Let me tell the right hon. Gentleman what was the test for our new health service reforms set by his hon. Friend the Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) . |
| 43 | As the Minister responsible at the time , let me tell the hon. Gentleman that we went to great lengths to minimise the disruption caused in classrooms by the provision of necessary training related to the introduction of education reforms . |
| 44 | As for the hon. Gentleman 's suggestion that the grant-maintained school policy might be paralysing the production of reorganisation proposals , let me tell the hon. Gentleman that in the past 12 months 150 proposals for school reorganisations were received and some 93 have so far been approved . |
| 45 | Let me tell the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) that I heard what he said about this matter on Thursday , and I agree with him . |
| 46 | To illustrate that point , let me remind the right hon. Gentleman of what his right hon. Friend the Chancellor said : ’ wait and see if this convergence happens . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ Sweet heaven , ’ she whispered to the empty car , ‘ please let me reach the main road safely . |
| 48 | Let me give the hon. Gentleman some facts . |
| 49 | Andropov himself let me leave the Soviet Union |
| 50 | Now , for God 's sake , go to bed , and let me do the same . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ Now for heaven 's sake get some sleep — and let me do the same ! ’ |
| 52 | Let me do the last one first . |
| 53 | Let me ask the one hundred women here , have you ever been depressed ? |
| 54 | Let me indicate the European Community declaration of 13 November , of which our support was at the forefront . |
| 55 | Being a very friendly fellow he once let me punch the red button that started the press . |
| 56 | But there is , and , though no Egon Ronay , let me salute the Turkish Delight . |
| 57 | Let me get the proper sequence of events , then I shall tell you what I know and the problem will be resolved . |
| 58 | Let me get the little ones to bed and I 'll be right round . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ Chris , great to see you , and let me introduce the lovely Lindy . |
| 60 | To go back to my earlier diagram , what happens erm in a , in a mutation , let me find the right one , is that the change occurs in , in these in these bases . |