Example sentences of "i helped [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I helped him fold his sheets . |
| 2 | I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns . |
| 3 | When the father turned 65 he gave up work , and ‘ at last he found he had a son , as later on in his old age I helped him and Mother all I could . |
| 4 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
| 5 | I remember before he became Prime Minister he was in charge of the Conservative re-think where I helped him do a lot of that work and I think he enjoyed that very much . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know no more , except that I helped him to hide in the hayloft . |
| 7 | And I helped him out with money I got from Dad . |
| 8 | Terry , whose gentleness of heart so melted my own that I helped him sell his newspapers outside factories , on picket lines and outside East End tube stations at seven-thirty in the morning , was encouraging . |
| 9 | I helped him lie back . |
| 10 | ‘ I helped him into bed , and he was half asleep before his head touched the pillow . ’ |
| 11 | He seemed puzzled to know who I was , so I helped him . |
| 12 | And so he leaned his weight on my shoulder and I helped him walk to his horse . |
| 13 | I helped him to sit down , and sat with him . |
| 14 | I helped him put the frame back . |
| 15 | I helped him pull the two long wicker chairs from the far end of the terrace . |
| 16 | I felt sorry for poor Heathcliff , and while the Earnshaws were at church , I helped him wash and dress in clean clothes . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , I helped him out with one scene where this Danish prince sends his betrothed Ophelia mad . |
| 18 | ‘ I helped him to give parties . |
| 19 | ( 38 ) I helped him address the letters . |
| 20 | I met him at Aunt Alicia 's because he rented half the house , and then I helped him with the horses . |
| 21 | So he 's got all his bricks up virtually I think he said , but I ai n't worried about it cos I 'll get rid of them somewhere and I helped him out , I sold this car and , and told him what I was doing and he come I 've just the thing for you , just cos was having bricks like your dad 's , the sand grain sort of brick , you know . |
| 22 | I helped her put her bags into the taxi and then we sort of kissed goodbye . |
| 23 | I helped her to her feet and hugged her . |
| 24 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 25 | Then in came a basket from Fortnums , which I helped her to open . |
| 26 | I did n't want her to think I was angry or disappointed , and as I helped her ashore , I smiled and said , ‘ I understand , ’ and , caught in the no-man's-land between desire and fulfilment , leant forward rather clumsily to kiss her . |
| 27 | I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes . |
| 28 | Herta kept her head down as I helped her off with her coat . |
| 29 | I helped her at first but it was a mistake . ’ |
| 30 | She had a … a difficult time with her boyfriend and I helped her . ’ |