Example sentences of "[vb past] to help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the 69-year-old woman tried to open the door he slipped round the front and pretended to help her before running off with her bag . |
| 2 | The vast majority of you said either a 486 or 486SX computer , so we 've created an Interactive Advice program tailored to help you choose the best 486 . |
| 3 | God knows the ways you found to help him fritter away his fortune . ’ |
| 4 | One of its sons came out and tried to help them inside . |
| 5 | Colin and Dawn fell in love when Dawn tried to help them patch things up . |
| 6 | It is not at first clear what these people had to offer Wordsworth , though he tried to help them . |
| 7 | Although many of the yeniçeri forgot all about their origins and became fanatical Muslims , behaving oppressively to their former compatriots when they were posted back into the Balkans , others , like Sokolović , kept in contact with their people and tried to help them . |
| 8 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 9 | Alfieri watched out for his clients and tried to help them as far as his job would allow . |
| 10 | I tried to help him with his schedule and give him advice on exam technique . |
| 11 | Mr Wakil told a news conference that the President was being held in Kabul with ‘ those who tried to help him escape ’ . |
| 12 | Lancelot , although befriended by a hermit , can not be brought back to a normal state of mind because the hermit is too poor to feed him properly , and ‘ for defaute of sustenance he waxed more wooder than he was aforetyme ’ , and became violent , breaking the legs and arms of those who tried to help him . |
| 13 | Felix remembered the gang of them at the beginning of the World War , with Stephen stomping around reviling the call-up , deciding on conscientious objection for himself , shaking off the hand of any acquaintance who tried to help him speed over a dangerous crossing , and talking about the anti-militarist statement he would make to the court . |
| 14 | Medical students in his boat tried to help him , and a local doctor was called but there was nothing they could do . |
| 15 | When there were guests , Joe 's position was even lower than usual ( if that was possible ) , but he always tried to help me if he could . |
| 16 | A 57-year-old woman who tried to help her was grabbed by the throat and had her head smashed on railings until she was nearly unconscious . |
| 17 | Her children Paula , 10 , John , eight , and Roxanne , four , tried to help her and alerted neighbours in Southwark , south London . |
| 18 | A schoolgirl 's ‘ fantasies ’ and the teacher who tried to help her . |
| 19 | I tried to help her see that if she let herself go enough to enjoy playing building bricks too , Nicola would n't feel the need to throw them around to get the attention she wanted . |
| 20 | He tried to help her : ‘ They did n't find much ; only a couple of volumes of somebody 's journal — ’ |
| 21 | Twice I rose and tried to help her , but I seemed to be in a different dream . |
| 22 | I called my stepfather , who tried to help her , but we could do nothing . |
| 23 | She was a good deal teased by children playing in the parks , according to one park-keeper who was sorry for her and tried to help her , and once had her bags snatched by a gang of youths . |
| 24 | I can imagine there 'll be one or two unhappy people if they find out I 've even taken you walkies let alone tried to help you plug the blueness into reality . |
| 25 | ‘ Because I tried to help you ! ’ |
| 26 | The new leaflet ( enclosed ) designed to help you sell membership on YOUR CLASS , includes application form . |
| 27 | The next time she actually stopped to help him , ’ says Pedrosa , smiling in despair . |
| 28 | I would appreciate it if the two gentlemen who stopped to help me when I had an accident with my car on the road near Dounreay on 1/12/92 would contact me — Ellen Campbell , Reay 345 . |
| 29 | You promised to help me . |
| 30 | Chris promised to help me buy the drinks and organize the that side of it getting the drinks . |