Example sentences of "[v-ing] someone [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's the point of returning to work and allowing someone else to bring up the child ? |
| 2 | ‘ But it is not fair that your remorse should be turned in the direction of seeking someone else to blame . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We are quite capable of running our own piggy bank , without asking someone else to do it for us . ’ |
| 4 | It was early still , but , while she had quite enjoyed his company and having someone else to converse with in her own language , an early night seemed quite a good idea . |
| 5 | The second is to test understanding by inviting someone else to summarize and check that their summary accords with the one you yourself would have given at that stage in the proceedings . |
| 6 | Though it would be a case of finding someone else to go off with and not just sort of like , I mean we mentioned it years ago . |
| 7 | Mark Kozelek thinks about finding someone else to sing his songs , so he can hide all the time . |