Example sentences of "someone [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll have to get someone in to do the cooking . ’ |
| 2 | Get someone in to do the cooking ? |
| 3 | Well mum will be doing , mum 'll be the secretary and then I will have someone in to do it |
| 4 | There is no one else on the Tory Benches , so perhaps we should give them time to get someone in to act as the Minister 's runner . |
| 5 | Perhaps I could suggest her getting someone in to look after him and she could come for half time . |
| 6 | ‘ I have to have someone along to push the car . ’ |
| 7 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 8 | ‘ I called the NRA and they sent someone down to soak up the oil from the surface with sheets of foam . |
| 9 | I 'll send someone over to question your man Dalton . ’ |
| 10 | He stiffened as he recognized a man move upstairs with a distinctive , boneless saunter : he had better send someone up to check the backgammon room . |
| 11 | She 's going to ring someone up to find out more about it . ’ |
| 12 | She was more than capable of defending herself if the need arose , but what if her pursuer was someone who had recognized her from a previous UNACO assignment , someone out to blow her cover ? |
| 13 | I 'll send someone out to call you when they 've gone . ’ |
| 14 | Selina 's next move might have seemed an odd one for someone out to make a name for herself . |
| 15 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 16 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 17 | Send someone out to buy 20 pairs , ’ she said , striding nervously over a pile of scattered silk shoes in the ballroom of the Berkeley Hotel , Knightsbridge . |
| 18 | Contact SCIAF to have someone out to speak to the parish/group/school |
| 19 | She had now grown quite used to Betty who had , on the whole , been very patient with her ; and , once accepted , it was restful having someone around to do the cooking and the washing-up . |
| 20 | It can help just to have someone around to talk to , especially if you 're on your own with the children during the day . |
| 21 | Not exactly forthcoming , but not averse to having someone around to talk to , either . |
| 22 | There was always someone around to help |
| 23 | You were getting yourself into a whole load of trouble , Fran , and I needed to ensure that there would be someone around to look after you when I could n't be . |
| 24 | There has to be someone around to galvanize you lot into action . ’ |
| 25 | It seems that there is always someone around to make life difficult : sometime this spring the New Routes book was stolen from Pete 's Eats . |
| 26 | He stood behind her , his hands falling to her nape like someone about to fix the clasp of a necklace . |
| 27 | Lord Goddard was then in only his sixth year as Lord Chief Justice , never looked like someone about to retire , and indeed continued in office for three years after Sir Winston gave way as Prime Minister in 1955 . |
| 28 | She looked towards the Archdeacon and recognised the signs of someone about to take the plunge . |
| 29 | As she said it she grinned from ear to ear , physically contorted by her joy into a sort of bow , arms out stiff behind her like someone about to fly . |
| 30 | Singer grinned like someone about to reveal an amazing piece of gossip . |