Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] help i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I expect you 're tired — you generally have a sherry and a nap when you come home at this time , and , besides , there are those papers to correct and I hoped you 'd help me unpack . |
2 | Perhaps you could help me eat it , Josh ? ’ |
3 | You could help me find out if I 've made a terrible mistake coming here , and if — ’ She took a deep breath . |
4 | In fact he said to me ‘ You could be quite useful , you know , you could help me get through to her . ’ |
5 | She can help me choose my trousseau , and Harry , I 'll want to meet your foster family and the old cook who was so kind to you . |
6 | My mother said , ‘ Since you 're so mad about clothes , Lili , you can help me alter the wedding dress . ’ |
7 | You can help me decide what to wear so I do n't look like a blob on legs . ’ |
8 | You want to plant them , you can help me plant them cos you 'll be around |
9 | ‘ If you want to do something useful , ’ my mother said to me one day , ‘ you can help me propagate the cactuses . ’ |
10 | Anyway , put the te erm , television on and go and get your hands washed , you can help me dish the dinner up , and then er , dad 's going to the doctors . |
11 | It 's so embarrassing — I really hope you can help me find something to solve my problem . |
12 | I 'm told you can help me find an old friend , Carol Flaxman . ’ |
13 | Then afterwards you can help me get the boys ' room ready . ’ |
14 | ‘ When I 've finished with Chan you can help me get that beast boring again , and then I 'll be making a whole load of calls . ’ |
15 | ‘ Come back , you can help me get tea for them . ’ |
16 | ‘ If you come back with me you can help me take it out the other end . ’ |
17 | Then you can help me unpick it |
18 | I hope you can help I have spent hours with Memax etc trying to understand this . |
19 | Both parties can get something from that situation , if you trust people and you look at things a relationship over a period of time rather than this particular thing this is what I want now this is what I 'm gon na get rather than well okay I 'll help you do this now and later on they 'll help me do something else , it becomes a win win . |
20 | I walked — in amazing Cecil B de Mille film type downpour yesterday for tea with a young lawyer son of one of John 's contemporaries at Gordonstoun , so that he could help me finalise the leaflet for a seminar on 14th January in respect of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , which many think is akin to copyright and so on but it embraces much more than that nowadays , especially in respect of computers , TV and sound usage , collaboration in respect of research and development projects which eat investments budgets and so on . |