Example sentences of "to help [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out to be so big that he invited people specially to help eat it , and then it proved so salty that they could manage only a little of it . |
| 2 | She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’ |
| 3 | I want to know and I want to help make it happen . ’ |
| 4 | He reckons that if he were getting paid on the same basis that he gets paid for GP beds , in a small GP unit , he could afford to employ the additional staff , and resources and back-up to help make it all happen . |
| 5 | If the manager signs off the employee 's plan as reasonable , then it follows that the manager has to help make it come true . |
| 6 | What I 'd like to introduce lastly now is an approach that you can take to training to help yourselves and to help make it more effective and more systematic and what I 'd like to introduce to you is , is something called the training cycle and the rest of the course is actually based around the training cycle and I know Margaret you 've actually seen the training cycle a few weeks ago , I 'm not sure if , if any of the others are , any of the others familiar ? |
| 7 | To help make it a big Merseyside day , Sharp has reduced prices for adults from £7 to £5 with youngsters at just £2 , all pay-at-the-gate . |
| 8 | ‘ And just to help arouse it … ’ |
| 9 | Even the USA , which in the 1980s still seemed sufficiently vast and dominant to deal with its economic problems without taking any notice of anyone else , at the end of that decade became aware that it ‘ had ceded considerable control over its economy to foreign investors … ( who ) now hold the power to help keep the US economy growing , or to help plunge it into recession ’ ( The Wall Street Journal , December 5 , 1988 , p1 ) . |
| 10 | If it 's flush and you 're flush mounting the new one , unscrew it and prise it out of the wall ( you may need to cut through the plaster first with an old knife to help free it ) . |
| 11 | As a young man he was cursed with a dreadful stammer , and to help combat it he became a club singer , not easy under the best of circumstances . |
| 12 | In the meantime , the Higher Education Funding Council needs to be persuaded to help fund it . |
| 13 | Ask your landlord to replace your door if it is flimsy and get hinge bolts fitted to help prevent it being opened by force . |
| 14 | I would like readers to know just how serious the threat from opencast mining is , what it could mean to the landscape , nature and communities of the Gwendraeth , and what they can do to help prevent it . |
| 15 | Retailers can and should try to help prevent it . ’ |
| 16 | The Department of the Environment has circulated a small leaflet : ‘ How to help prevent it ’ dealing with the winter-time pollution which is such a threat to road usage . |
| 17 | Because that is the aim , razzamatazz , music , flags , balloons , streamers and placards are appropriate means to help achieve it . |
| 18 | I intend to help give it to you . |
| 19 | I 'll get the drink but you 'll have to help pour it out . |
| 20 | As a layer of gravel will be put into the base of the jar to help weight it down these slots should be just above this layer otherwise a strong powerhead could pull it into the pipe and block it . |
| 21 | ‘ My parents ’ hotel is very small ; they did n't really need me to help run it . |
| 22 | Shah declined , but said he would be willing to help finance it for a fee . |
| 23 | The fee for this article will be used to help finance it . |
| 24 | It is true that William Cobbett , born in 1766 , was to write , " I do not remember the time when I did not earn my living " , but he was the son of a moderately successful small farmer in a district where hop growing enabled a decent living from small acreages for a family with three sons to help work it . |
| 25 | Above : This practical Premiere sun-lounger from M & P Leisure has adjustable backrest and seat positions , wheels to help move it around easily and a drinks tray just below the armrest . |
| 26 | Each in turn looked to others in the audience to help enforce it . |
| 27 | To help administer it , there was a body called the Central Policy Review Staff ( CPRS ) which reviewed policies interdepartmentally . |
| 28 | yep , good it has that creative element about it does n't it because as you say if you get them to produce it get the audience to help produce it then again it 's involvement and the whole thing is is erm more spontaneous than than pre-prepared . |
| 29 | It was important to retain Lloyd George , not just as the man who had won the war but also as a man who could talk to the working class ; and if a revolutionary situation were to arise , then it would be far better if Unionists could call on Liberals to help resist it . |
| 30 | Commenting that the Council had an " urgent obligation to intervene … to end the carnage " , he urged the rapid appointment of a special representative who would investigate the violence and help the UN decide on appropriate measures to help end it . |