Example sentences of "[conj] help [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendant may wish to make a statement under caution which may prove or help to prove these elements . |
| 2 | Using the self-help measures described further on should usually relieve or help to prevent an attack . |
| 3 | A considerable number of the newly enfranchised capital class now ally their interests with the top echelons of society , rather than help sustain the old political coalition of interests , encompassing as it did much of the working class , and significant parts of the lower-middle and middle class . |
| 4 | These captives may even have been used to lure and help catch wild elephants of which there were then a great number . |
| 5 | Unesco , the cultural branch of the UN , has opened a Phnom Penh office to monitor and help coordinate this international effort , and an international committee is being established to advise the agency and the Cambodian government . |
| 6 | I said mark the chap that she 's got at the moment is taking her out to discos and things and she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 7 | and I found two pairs of Michelle 's knickers after that , I did n't know what , now I do n't know how they manage this year because , she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around , there you are , you see , these , they , they will love and find a way , anyway , erm , I said dear look , a woman needs a man to support her I said mark my words when the chap that she 's got at the moment is taken her out to disco 's and things , she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 8 | If we use the art of repetition and change , this small idea can then grow and help make all the music , or at least enough of it to generate a formal logic , a compelling emotional experience for those who listen . |
| 9 | ‘ You may have joined Neighbourhood Watch at home ; bring the same vigilance to work and help make Park Royal more secure . |
| 10 | Under proposed University legislation , new graduates will automatically become members of the Graduates Association on receipt of their degrees , after which it is hoped that many will endeavour to create and foster the right conditions to make it attractive for graduates to want to belong and help make their membership worthwhile and rewarding . |
| 11 | A parting invitation from the Countess that , when he had finished his business at Berwick , Sandy Ramsay might come back and help supervise the sinking of the proposed booms in the sea , the timber for which was already being felled , was cordially supported by Mariot . |
| 12 | Tell Ange to come and help pass me things Ben . |
| 13 | Interpol has been called in to try and help trace a man who 's been missing in Bosnia for almost a year . |
| 14 | Loopy Lil began piling the tea-things on to the tray to carry back to the kitchen , and Mrs Hollidaye suggested Gloria should go and help bring in the vegetables from the shed for supper , when an insistent bell began ringing out somewhere within the house . |
| 15 | It has not been easy to pull this programme together in the prevailing economic climate , but we hope you will find much to enjoy and help blow away those recessionary blues … |
| 16 | Mother used to make a big meal to feed the beaters when they came to unload and help pack the grouse , but the food for the gentry was taken to the moor in large hampers . |
| 17 | They will chat to a counsellor who may propose several possible paths to take and help to pinpoint the problem . |
| 18 | It was the first big opera he 'd conducted and he just did n't know how to do that , how to pace himself Incidentally he did the same thing when we recorded Peter Grimes and Reggie had to come in and help finish the recording . |
| 19 | Secondly , in order to sharpen and help explain the cross-section results , a series of case studies is undertaken within a unified framework . |
| 20 | Andy agreed to go and help set up and Bob likewise . |
| 21 | the C I D , they 'll get a detective to come along and help investigate the crime , so we investigate the crimes like you did on your computer course , yeah ? |
| 22 | Second , as was mentioned in the last chapter , one important function of authoritative directives is to establish and help sustain conventions . |
| 23 | They may be asked , for example , to draft and help negotiate important commercial contracts of all kinds . |
| 24 | The King did n't want Uzum Hasan to march in and help clear out the Sultan 's rough Mamelukes ? ’ |