Example sentences of "can help [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Either way , I hope you 'll do what you can to help us rescue my niece . ’
2 mother and I hope father and I will be around to want to pick up what we can to help you 've got ta start thinking about standing on your own feet , you know , because admittedly I er I , I , I could turn out to be not as bad a financial state as I anticipated but I never was stinking rich and I 'm certainly not stinking rich now , so erm I mean
3 Your relatives , friends , social worker and/or solicitor will do all they can to help you understand and complete the formalities .
4 My mother said , ‘ Since you 're so mad about clothes , Lili , you can help me alter the wedding dress . ’
5 You want to plant them , you can help me plant them cos you 'll be around
6 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 .
7 You can help me decide what to wear so I do n't look like a blob on legs . ’
8 ‘ If you want to do something useful , ’ my mother said to me one day , ‘ you can help me propagate the cactuses . ’
9 Then you can help me unpick it
10 Then afterwards you can help me get the boys ' room ready . ’
11 ‘ 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 . ’
12 ‘ Come back , you can help me get tea for them . ’
13 It 's so embarrassing — I really hope you can help me find something to solve my problem .
14 I 'm told you can help me find an old friend , Carol Flaxman . ’
15 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 .
16 ‘ If you come back with me you can help me take it out the other end . ’
17 If anybody can help me help me to get it up to three figures again personal contact could be er very useful in these cases if you come across anybody who you might think we could interest .
18 They can help a crew lose and they can help them go at their best .
19 The centre , which cost nearly £1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community .
20 Apart from giving your nails a natural-looking lustre , buffing regularly can help them grow long and strong by stimulating the blood supply to each nail .
21 engineering bearing experience , we can help them choose a bearing which will enable them to be more competitive .
22 New skills can increase personal satisfaction Women in particular are susceptible to believing that improving their appearance can help them reinvent themselves .
23 Top management is clearly very important to the organisation , and managers are realising that management information systems can help them make better decisions .
24 After their relegation last season , Ballymena will be out to prove a point , and I hope that I can help them achieve that . ’
25 It 's wonderful , is n't it , when trades have trade papers that can help them understand what is really going on in the world .
26 But almost everyone will know someone who can help them get round the limit .
27 All right : let's go and see if I can help them get in .
28 In announcing the tariff , Southern Electric reminded customers of how it can help them use their electricity more efficiently .
29 Once we know how much risk people are willing to accept , we can help them pick the ideal scheme . ’
30 Often counselling can help them come to terms with a lot of this and help them set out a means to try and change in the future . ’
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