Example sentences of "to help [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There were many people who made donations or offered to help and they must be thanked . ’ |
| 2 | Paddy got up to help and we both crawled about ferreting in the sand . |
| 3 | We have people in to help and we 're still rushed off our feet . |
| 4 | So we got everyone together here the bank manager , was Mr then , Barclays Bank we got two or three of the industrialists all of the members that were prepared to help and we started from there . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're the only one I want to help and you wo n't let me get near you except … except … |
| 6 | I would have given anything to have been able to do something , particularly since nobody else seemed interested in assisting , but Granny was a difficult person to help and I was young and afraid of horses . |
| 7 | ‘ They have asked me to do what I can to help and I am happy to do so . ’ |
| 8 | Alice was supposed to help but she always woke up too late because she had been working for her exam ; Emmie had to shake her for nearly five minutes before she came up , moaning , out of a deep well of sleep . |
| 9 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |
| 10 | ‘ I agree , ’ Hari seemed ill at ease , ‘ I would like to help but I 'm all right here , I 've got people working for me , see I owe it to them to make a success of my own business . |
| 11 | I felt and this is the bit I like , I , I some I , I used to set this at one point in the examination question and ask people to guess which American president said it I 'll read , I 'll read it to you measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation just , I 'll just get the essence of that , measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation ninety percent put Richard Nixon er no one put Abraham Lincoln er cos he was one of the good guys right or wrong I assume this ground I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the if to save James Buchanan is essentially the Pontius Pilate of American politics he says yes these are very acute problems er and very difficult er and I 'd like to help but I 'm sorry I ca n't and I really do have to go off and wash my hands now erm and , you know , you carry on and when you 've resolved it tell me what you want me to do and I 'll , |
| 12 | Leila was trying to help but it was hard to concentrate on anything . |