Example sentences of "help [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment . |
| 2 | This man , Tepilit , was injured helping me with the filming of a lion hunt . |
| 3 | only helping me with the |
| 4 | She was helping me with the french . |
| 5 | Someone was , and probably is , with me , helping me in the little I am trying to do . |
| 6 | He helped them into the railway coach , stood the dark lantern on the floor , checked the blinds and curtains with the torch , slammed the carriage door and flooded the whole place with good old-fashioned electric light . |
| 7 | So she helped them into the boat and they embraced one another . |
| 8 | So in the afternoons Anne and some of her friends stayed late at school , and Miss Stacy helped them with the special examination work . |
| 9 | His goal and guidence helped them to the Premier League . |
| 10 | After a while a fallen log helped them across the ditch . |
| 11 | Entrepreneurs , by their nature , are relatively thin on the ground — and an ungrateful lot not given to remembering those who helped them on the first , shaky steps on the ladder . |
| 12 | The crumbling of the old idea of a state based on obligations and obedience may have helped increase the dynamic force that enabled European countries to spread their authority over most of the world ; the very widespread acceptance of the new idea of a state based on independence and equality gave people outside Europe political principles which helped them in the later struggle to dismantle the European empires . |
| 13 | I had no money , and she helped me over the worst times . |
| 14 | They helped me over the next road , me nearly tripping as I crossed the far kerb . |
| 15 | Elizabeth helped me with the flapping chair . |
| 16 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |
| 17 | He helped me with the goats and with the work in the cornfields , and soon we were good friends . |
| 18 | ‘ Beuno helped me with the washing-up after you went to bed . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My niece , Gina , helped me with the washing-up . |
| 20 | I found counting breaths in my head helped me through the pain — the intensity of which is a memory . |
| 21 | She had been a major influence in my life , and helped me through the rough patches . |
| 22 | I hoped that the off-licence opened soon because the journey to Dover could only be improved by getting drunk ; besides , a few cans of lager helped me through the morning pretty well , and killed off hunger till late afternoon . |
| 23 | Thanks also to the kind young woman with two young children who helped me on the train and gave me an orange drink . |
| 24 | You 've given me my breakfast , left my lunch on the kitchen table , cleaned the house and helped me down the stairs . |
| 25 | A very good friend helped me in the house at this time in our lives , and Shanti loved her dearly . |
| 26 | You helped me in the early days . |
| 27 | After about half an hour , the shooting died down and someone helped me inside the Cathedral . |
| 28 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 29 | ‘ So he went down , ’ said Frome , as if puzzling it out , ‘ and he helped himself to the headmaster 's sherry . ’ |
| 30 | He downed one tankard and , when the friar nodded , helped himself to the second . |