Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] helped [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A concentrated assessment helped us focus on teaching procedures and materials more effectively and the problems we uncovered could be tackled immediately as we had direct access to the Subject Assessor ’ . |
| 2 | Willing hands helped us rescue as many of them as we could , and we got our robes out to take home and wash . |
| 3 | What happened next , was done by a child ‘ who had suffered years of subtle torture at the hands of a madman whose twisted mind helped him justify all his crimes ’ . |
| 4 | The driver 's quick action helped him escape injury when Ian Hooker 's black Ford Escort car crashed into him in Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 5 | THE FT-SE 100-Share Index fell nearly 50 points by mid-afternoon yesterday and was in imminent danger of dropping below 2,900 before a late rally helped it recover to close at 2,915.9 , down 37.5 on the day , in busy trading . |
| 6 | An Anglo-Catholic priest helped me accept the desert experiences of prayer — no-one had ever told me , after an experience of personal renewal , to expect the stripping and refining that was not a falling from grace but a growth in it . |
| 7 | Two external consultants helped them focus on the key issues . |
| 8 | Of course , I had no idea whether these ladies were right or wrong , but the revelation of fragments of past lives helped me come to terms with my true nature , and to understand why I had been troubled in the past . |
| 9 | A sympathetic local media helped us harass and embarrass the silly burghers as they repeatedly refused to let us use the Assembly Rooms . |