Example sentences of "[vb past] helped him " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounded as though they 'd helped him out when he was down and out . |
| 2 | Almost inaudible in the crush , he thanked everyone who 'd helped him in the case . |
| 3 | He had always been a very religious man , which had helped him a lot in the Corporation . |
| 4 | The smudginess of the pastels had helped him cover up early errors . |
| 5 | After a night spent scared , confused , alone in miles of dark desolation , tormented by his imagination , seeing his own name written there had helped him to keep his sanity , to believe in his own existence and identity . |
| 6 | He also agreed to talk to his father , who had helped him a good deal in the past . |
| 7 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 8 | Then he would realize what a good girl she had been , how she had helped him . |
| 9 | With the amazing eyesight that had helped him become a great player , Luke pointed out egrets , storks and even a snake that whisked into its hole before Perdita could see it . |
| 10 | Sien 's mother had helped him sweep up the plaster littering the place . |
| 11 | asked whether the American army had helped him to kick his drug habit . |
| 12 | Then the professor and Isobel , both young and enthusiastic , had helped him to choose a likely publisher to whom to send it . |
| 13 | There was even speculation that she had helped him write it . |
| 14 | In it he asks her father 's help for one of the other prisoners , saying ‘ that he had helped him ‘ according to his own willing poverty ’ . |
| 15 | Detectives were ordered in after we told how Pamela Wilkins , widow of ex-union official Roger Wilkins , had helped him rig his own re-election and that of other officials in 1985 . |
| 16 | It happened less than 72 hours after Sampras had paid warm tribute in Frankfurt to the veteran coach he said had helped him so much in a year which began disastrously without him but then led to outstanding success in the second half of the year , culminating in the ATP Tour Championships title . |
| 17 | Sigmar divided his land between the allied chiefs who had helped him during his many wars . |
| 18 | Anyone who became Nawab expected to be rich , and took it for granted that he should reward those who had helped him to the throne . |
| 19 | Finally , Edward rewarded the group of household knights who had helped him to overthrow Mortimer and Isabella . |
| 20 | In the spring of 1333 , Edward assembled an army in which those who had helped him to overthrow Mortimer and Isabella took a prominent part . |
| 21 | They were never united in their opposition to the king , and they never found a leader comparable to Hereford and Norfolk in 1297 or Thomas of Lancaster in 1310–11 ; but their opposition reveals the fragility of the political settlement Edward had achieved after 1330 , and the danger that his close associates who had helped him to power might now be seen as a new court clique , the king 's familiares . |
| 22 | Natural aptitude and a career in radio , film and television had helped him become an outstanding communicator — a strength chat not only made him a formidable campaigner , but also equipped him for the business of government in the television age . |
| 23 | It was the following day , a Tuesday ; Ben Hesketh had arrived again , this time with a big estate car , and Ruth had helped him load the crates into the back . |
| 24 | The boy had helped him , you see . |
| 25 | She had smiled on the new young courtier , and she had helped him , and he had been fascinated by her , for although she was ageing , there were still easily discernible traces of the famous beauty who had led armies into battle and lovers into bed ; who had brought Ireland to the brink of something so truly great that its fame would echo down the centuries . |
| 26 | He had rather enjoyed it and it had helped him to keep his mind off what might be happening to Snodgrass and to Floy and Fenella . |
| 27 | All this happened because one of the escaped officers had kept a diary in which he wrote down the names of everyone who had helped him . |
| 28 | It was at this point , while we were stumbling about , not really knowing what to say with so many other people present , that Eric suggested we should borrow a driver and jeep from the ASC — this boy was the biggest borrower of jeeps I had ever met — and set off for Fontanellato , where we could all be reunited : my parents , the Merlis , the Superiora and the suore at the hospital , and as many of the other people who had helped him as possible , including Dr Sambataro , of whom there had been no news since he joined the partisans . |
| 29 | The President began the meeting as usual , with a review of the scientific advances of the previous year , naming experts who had helped him in making his list . |
| 30 | He had been trained to recognise anybody who had served under him , or who had helped him in any way . |