Preposition: of

• fruit: If the grown-ups opt for fast food TV dinners they can't expect the children to relish regular helpings of fruit and vegetables.

• food: An average of 10 helpings of food was recorded in the ship's newspaper for that first meal.

• vegetable: This is easily supplied by taking a handful of any of the nut family and daily helpings of green, leafy vegetables.

• meat: You may double or triple helpings of meat, salad or vegetables.

Converse of object

• eat: The three of them ate four helpings of veal and ham with french beans - Jobling had two.

• have: A great piece which we should really have second helpings of in the future.

• get: Be extra conscientious about getting five helpings of fruit and vegetables a day.

• serve: Many of the public houses, tea rooms and restaurants in the area serve generous helpings of home-cooked local foods prepared to traditional recipes.

Adjective modifier

• generous: The Officers Mess was full of members from both the Royal Engineers and ICE South, who tucked into generous helpings of curry!

• second: A great piece which we should really have second helpings of in the future.

• huge: Curries are superb value at £ 4.65, and come with huge helpings of vegetables and rice.

• large: Apologies to the members of the Science Support Network who already have had large helpings of such stuff!

• big: The key to catching your share of fish is to use big helpings of fresh peeler crab or jelly softies.

• several: My companion had several helpings of the pork dish which he said were flavorsome.

Modifies a noun

• people: The title of my speech is " Helping People Through Change " .

• patient: Assessment in clinical practice Helping patients to manage problems such as constipation can be a large part of any nurse's workload.

• student: Participants will also be introduced to the 2nd edition of the booklet ' Helping students with Mental Health Difficulties ' .

• child: Helping children to enjoy the challenge of fulfilling their academic potential.

• other: There are also seminars on ' Helping others to pray ' which are available to final year students and to their spouses.

• business: Commercial waste Helping businesses to reduce, reuse and recycle their commercial waste.