Example sentences of "[adj] to help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , as they themselves admitted , the Communists aimed at the supersession of the ILP , it was obviously dangerous and foolish to help them in their work . |
| 2 | They were then prepared to help me . |
| 3 | Is the Prime Minister further aware that those men like their jobs and that , with his help , they would be able to keep them , but he is not prepared to help them ? |
| 4 | ‘ He recalled the innumerable sacrifices he has made on your behalf and reproached you for not being prepared to help him in his hour of need . |
| 5 | According to the apprentice chef , the Royal Oak is a good place to learn one 's trade — ‘ Chef knows what he 's doing and is prepared to help you , but he does n't push you too hard ’ — though the commis chef criticizes Tom for not being adventurous enough — ‘ He reckons all he has to do is to keep on producing good plain food and the customers 'll keep coming , but the fact is that it 's dull . ’ |
| 6 | It is you they need , and your skills they must be prepared to help you to adapt and improve . |
| 7 | ‘ You are not prepared to help us , ’ Isabel Lavender said again , but in a cold , flat , accusatory tone , without any note of pity or pleading . |
| 8 | They hunt at night , and can not use light to help them find prey and avoid obstacles . |
| 9 | No-one can say for certain whether he was right ; what can be stated with certainty is that with Italy and Germany helping the Nationalists almost from the beginning , non-intervention threw the Spanish Republic into the embrace of the only great power willing to help her — the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | I plan to donate approximately 30 items myself and a friend if willing to help me with the selling . |
| 11 | Are you willing to help me ? ’ |
| 12 | Who is willing to help me ? ‘ |
| 13 | We understand you knew Angy quite well and we thought you might be willing to help us . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Who should be free to help me with the food . |
| 15 | Children here do n't lack any sort of ability it 's because th they English is n't their first language so they need support in learning English to help them with the everyday necessities of the national curriculum . |
| 16 | I 've got a lot of work to do tomorrow and I ca n't see Christian being up very early to help me . |
| 17 | They 'll be delighted to help you . |
| 18 | After her mother had died , and despite his own grief , he 'd done everything possible to help her forget . |
| 19 | The novice flyer will normally require that the model 's response to the transmitter is at a minimum , to avoid any tendency to overcontrol , while the gyro has as much effect as possible to help him during the learning process . |
| 20 | They were seen for one further session during which it was possible to help them reach a suitable compromise . |
| 21 | Parents need time to understand how their problems affect their children and that it is possible to help them with management issues if they work together and support each other . |
| 22 | And need as much information as possible to help them . |
| 23 | On this page we have tried to give you as much help and information as possible to help you discover the real Amsterdam , with excursion and holiday ideas in the city . |
| 24 | A laborious internal review of the Long-Term Costing is undertaken to whittle down the gap , and to highlight vulnerable programmes so that the Secretary of State can be given the strongest possible brief to help him fight for a higher allocation of resources ; and conversely to enable him to fend off attacks by other high-spending ministers , who are intent on grabbing a larger share for themselves , often at the expense of Defence . |
| 25 | God were good , but hampered by the very technology that is supposed to help them get their message across . |
| 26 | You 've had to be like that all the time , otherwise you feel like you ai n't getting there , they 're getting the better of you , like … ’ cos you listen , do n't you , when you 've had the baby they are supposed to help you and advise you , so you take all their … but then you can only take so much , and you think these must be the mad ones , like . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've got to manage Crystal Palace in the way I see fit to help it in business . |
| 28 | She tried so hard to help him , to talk with him and show him how much she cared … how much they all cared . |
| 29 | He tried so hard to help me while I was hurting in the hours it took to reach England ’ . |
| 30 | Organisers do try very hard to help us by rotavating . |