Example sentences of "[verb] for help " in BNC.
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| 31 | If students asked for help too often , marks were deducted . |
| 32 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 33 | He had accosted her in a public place , and yet she had n't screamed , or run , or asked for help . |
| 34 | I could have gone to the authorities , he thought , asked for help . |
| 35 | The way I look at it is this : I asked for help , and they gave it . |
| 36 | Of 1200 families who asked for help in 1991 , 56 percent of marriages are breaking down , 55 percent are depressed , 39 percent are drinking too much , and one in five is abusing their partner . |
| 37 | The Prince of Wales asked for help |
| 38 | Last year , in response to a request from South Africa 's Bishop of Kimberley , three Carmelite nuns in Germany , knowing Darlington 's links with South Africa , contacted the convent and asked for help . |
| 39 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 40 | In one of the novels of Albert Camus an unfortunate man is walking at night on the banks of the Seine when a suicide , having cast himself upon the waters , cries for help . |
| 41 | During the trial , prosecutor Richard Brown said : ‘ East Sussex Education Authority chose to brush aside the girls ’ cries for help . ’ |
| 42 | It should be emphasized that they were not serious attempts to take her life but cries for help . |
| 43 | Obviously , when there is more than one rescuer there is no problem — one goes for help and the other stays with the patient . |
| 44 | Lots of people qualify for help with their Council Tax whether it 's exemptions , discounts or rebates . |
| 45 | A job centre is praying for help from a higher power … after being asked to find work for a man of the cloth ! |
| 46 | He wanted to roar out James 's name , his own name , to scream for help , he tried to pull up on the sill but his fingers scrabbled uselessly and he dropped back . |
| 47 | As she wound down her window to scream for help , one of the youths then tried to drag her from her car . |
| 48 | Her mouth opened to scream for help , but the sound emerged as a strangled groan as she realised the mind-numbing truth . |
| 49 | Lazaris uses the following analogy : Imagine that you hear a little voice squeaking for help . |
| 50 | BP Africa , which supports Environment 2000 , a group based in Zimbabwe , was approached for help . |
| 51 | If you are not receiving Housing Benefit at the moment , but because you are on a low income you feel that you may qualify for help , please apply to the Council now . |
| 52 | The rules are inconsistent because , for example , pensioners are automatically exempt from prescription charges but will qualify for help with other charges only if they have low incomes . |
| 53 | The King must wait for help while I fought his enemies . |
| 54 | Yet the alternative , to sit and wait for help that might never arrive , was terrifying . |
| 55 | It explains who should make an application and who will automatically be considered for help . |
| 56 | They shouted for help . |
| 57 | My resistance surprised him , and he shouted for help . |
| 58 | He raged at the futility of it , and shouted for help as his blade hissed and crunched , but his arms were tiring and he could feel blood running down inside his tunic . |
| 59 | When you cry for help in vain . |
| 60 | ‘ Once before , ’ said Tealtaoich , reaching into his memory , ‘ once before , you answered the Wolfkings ’ cry for help . |