Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 2 | At Benjamin 's urging I helped pick up a wooden chest . |
| 3 | It dramatically increased awareness of the Bank in the marketplace and helped bring about a significant increase in sales — particularly Gold 90 Accounts . |
| 4 | The Imperial War Museum 's arrival in the town and 300–400,000 visitors it is expected to attract every year is just the sort of development the town needs to help fend off an unjustified reputation recently and most controversially fostered by the Wall Street Journal as a dying town . |
| 5 | He 'd helped set up a new research wing , which was due to be officially opened in a fortnight 's time . |
| 6 | As well as organising conferences and courses the group also helped set up a national awards scheme and backed a number of arts publications . |
| 7 | They do make up a minor genre : the expedition into Darkest Britain , as trekked by George Orwell and a trickle of disciples up to , and including , the Belfast writer and photographer team of Robert McLiam Wilson and Donovan Wylie , who publish The Dispossessed ( Picador ) this week . |
| 8 | Then , as now , we had a car fitted with the optional Laycock overdrive , operating on third and top ; then as now it emphasised the low-speed/high-gear flexibility but did show up a big gap between second and third — a gap of over 30mph in maxima . |
| 9 | ( Piaget did carry out an oral version of the task , but he does not report details of the results . ) |
| 10 | The new measures did bring about a large flow of resources to the disadvantaged . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I do keep up an entrepreneurial connection with the local pool interests , ’ Ken admitted . |
| 12 | However , if you do take out a foreign currency loan , make certain that it is possible to switch back into sterling at least once , and at short notice without incurring heavy charges , otherwise you are very exposed . |
| 13 | During the 1980s corporate America did pay out a large share of net profits in dividends , and it did spend billions on share repurchases . |
| 14 | I did hold down a responsible job in my last post , ’ she said . |
| 15 | Some of them are pretty useless , but you do pick up a little information from each one . |
| 16 | Their data do bear out a long-term relative decline in urban manufacturing ( ibid. , Table 2 ) . |
| 17 | Because it does take out a significant volume of traffic out of Harrogate and Knaresborough . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , experience in a training unit does open up a wide range of career prospects , both in and out of the Services . |
| 19 | As we saw in chapter 8 , a logistic transformation can help straighten out a flat S-shaped curve ( figure 8.5 ) . |