Example sentences of "help her [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But in Using a Model for Nursing ( Roper et al , 1983 ) , the third year student nurse contributing to the study in a surgical ward , commented that the model approach helped her to appreciate the need for planned discharge goals ; even when admitting the patient , she was alerted to consider what the patient required to know on discharge in order to resume her usual Activities of Living .
2 Her sympathy for Mrs Wallington helped her to ignore the realisation that it was an enormous relief to be away from Anthony and with people who produced an atmosphere of such calm and ease that she felt immediately at home with them .
3 I stood behind her and , when she said the word , helped her to heave the load from the ground .
4 He helped her to make the house ready for the next occupant , and though she protested he gave her the money for her railway journey back to London .
5 She went back to the gallery , furious , shut the door , pulled down the blind , and those other guests still inside helped her to remove the paintings from the walls .
6 All the girls helped her to get the fire going , spread the tablecloth , put out the cups and plates , laughing and whispering and bustling about as they showed her the places and secrets of the kitchen , the room that was now her room .
7 She does not wish to conceal this news as she strongly believes that the mind can play a great part in overcoming such a complaint and she asks everyone to join her in positive thinking to help her to fight the illness .
8 and she , to help her to run the country she 's got a parliament
9 She feels that the experience of being a childminder helped her to get the job and certainly gave her the confidence to apply in the first place .
10 If she responds favourably to this ( which , if you are wise , you will have conveyed more through your attitudes than your actual words ) , you and her other helpers should try to create various circumstances or events which may stand a chance of helping her to break the habit of mourning : an interesting holiday , perhaps , or some new and mildly challenging experience which calls for her to look beyond herself to someone else in trouble , who will make her feel ‘ needed ’ .
11 She could only hope — with little confidence — that the riotous atmosphere of Samantha 's twentieth birthday party would help her to suppress the memory .
12 She had shown Cheryl little ways that would help her to remember the semaphore letters and she practised signalling with her .
13 She asked me whether I could help her to remember the events of that dreadful night .
14 What she needed was just one person , one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her to understand the meaning of this extraordinary happening .
15 Simon , she was sure , would help her to find the key .
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