Example sentences of "try to help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another way is through being in contact with parents of young people to try to help them . |
| 2 | If she has any problems in her relationship with the man you married , she should feel able to talk about these privately with you , knowing that because you love them both you are prepared to accept her negative feelings , and to try to help her to understand his personality and attitudes better , in the light of your knowledge of him , his family , his upbringing , and the events that have shaped his life . |
| 3 | Now you will know there are a great many er programmes on television nowadays and articles in newspapers and magazines designed to try to help us to be a bit more aware |
| 4 | I was still half asleep when I flew into the sitting-room , to try to help you . ’ |
| 5 | I said now you can shut that up right away , cos I said you know it 's not I said er now if you want us to try to help you out on this you just tell us what you did . |
| 6 | One of its sons came out and tried to help them inside . |
| 7 | Colin and Dawn fell in love when Dawn tried to help them patch things up . |
| 8 | It is not at first clear what these people had to offer Wordsworth , though he tried to help them . |
| 9 | Although many of the yeniçeri forgot all about their origins and became fanatical Muslims , behaving oppressively to their former compatriots when they were posted back into the Balkans , others , like Sokolović , kept in contact with their people and tried to help them . |
| 10 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 11 | Alfieri watched out for his clients and tried to help them as far as his job would allow . |
| 12 | I tried to help him with his schedule and give him advice on exam technique . |
| 13 | Mr Wakil told a news conference that the President was being held in Kabul with ‘ those who tried to help him escape ’ . |
| 14 | Lancelot , although befriended by a hermit , can not be brought back to a normal state of mind because the hermit is too poor to feed him properly , and ‘ for defaute of sustenance he waxed more wooder than he was aforetyme ’ , and became violent , breaking the legs and arms of those who tried to help him . |
| 15 | Felix remembered the gang of them at the beginning of the World War , with Stephen stomping around reviling the call-up , deciding on conscientious objection for himself , shaking off the hand of any acquaintance who tried to help him speed over a dangerous crossing , and talking about the anti-militarist statement he would make to the court . |
| 16 | Medical students in his boat tried to help him , and a local doctor was called but there was nothing they could do . |
| 17 | When there were guests , Joe 's position was even lower than usual ( if that was possible ) , but he always tried to help me if he could . |
| 18 | A 57-year-old woman who tried to help her was grabbed by the throat and had her head smashed on railings until she was nearly unconscious . |
| 19 | Her children Paula , 10 , John , eight , and Roxanne , four , tried to help her and alerted neighbours in Southwark , south London . |
| 20 | A schoolgirl 's ‘ fantasies ’ and the teacher who tried to help her . |
| 21 | I tried to help her see that if she let herself go enough to enjoy playing building bricks too , Nicola would n't feel the need to throw them around to get the attention she wanted . |
| 22 | He tried to help her : ‘ They did n't find much ; only a couple of volumes of somebody 's journal — ’ |
| 23 | Twice I rose and tried to help her , but I seemed to be in a different dream . |
| 24 | I called my stepfather , who tried to help her , but we could do nothing . |
| 25 | She was a good deal teased by children playing in the parks , according to one park-keeper who was sorry for her and tried to help her , and once had her bags snatched by a gang of youths . |
| 26 | I can imagine there 'll be one or two unhappy people if they find out I 've even taken you walkies let alone tried to help you plug the blueness into reality . |
| 27 | ‘ Because I tried to help you ! ’ |
| 28 | He assured me they never put dogs down and they would try to help her build up trust in humans again before finding her a home . |
| 29 | Why is it odd that I should try to help her when she is in difficulties ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ These people are in trouble — we must try to help them . ’ |