Example sentences of "[vb past] me [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push . |
| 32 | Then one of the others came and he helped me rehang the curtain and move the damaged screen . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ Peter Seabrook helped me build the pond on the programme , ’ he pointed out . |
| 34 | It also helped me retain the image of myself as someone special , set aside from the throng , this time because of superior talent . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | yes last week he helped me turn the garage out he took all the rubbish left over from the tip down to the tip . |
| 37 | An Anglo-Catholic priest helped me accept the desert experiences of prayer — no-one had ever told me , after an experience of personal renewal , to expect the stripping and refining that was not a falling from grace but a growth in it . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 ) . |
| 40 | ‘ You helped me buy the land for the new town when I first came to Haiti . |
| 41 | I 'll swear those squirrels heard me name the day ! |