Example sentences of "somebody [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Do we want somebody who will just do , cos I 've got , I mean I can get somebody just to do that if that 's all you want done , that could be done easily
2 They were , which was , well it was quite useful really because er you , you know you had to be , you were called out to a case suddenly er there was always somebody just to make sure you had n't left any food you know in the kitchen that was going to grow whiskers until you got back .
3 You , you need somebody really to hold the erm
4 ‘ I think there 's somebody here to see you , Catriona , ’ said one of the boys .
5 So when we went to Stylus Records and Telstar you know they were more than than happy to have because they seemed but I think that at at the start had we been looking for somebody here to take us over probably it would never have happened .
6 and should alert somebody nearby to listen for it , did that ?
7 The distinction between those cases and this is that the lawyer for the other can immediately attack the one — there is somebody there to protect the reputation of each defendant who is in the court — but in a case such as that which has affected my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West , there is no such opportunity to defend oneself .
8 Why is n't there somebody there to bag them for me and create a service ?
9 all sorts of terrible stresses and the only sort of legitimate reason for collapsing is to allow somebody else to cope beautifully with your collapse .
10 Later , it was possible to pay for Somebody else to carry a pike for you ; like the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian League , the Persians found such a system more convenient and perhaps , in dissident satrapies , more secure .
11 Just the questions which you 're gon na give to somebody else to mark .
12 It 's nice to have somebody else to cook it .
13 Oh are you well you 'll have to come back on Friday then and we 'll find somebody else to take you on tomorrow .
14 It 'll also if we start to take action provoke somebody else to take over the schemes ,
15 You 're gon na have to have somebody else to take the money wo n't you ?
16 He did n't want to take his eyes from it — equally he wanted somebody else to see it .
17 down and , and may well be just one person requiring and you 've got somebody else to go down
18 If you can not go yourself , you can ask somebody else to go in your place and speak for you .
19 ‘ All it means is you ca n't sort yourself out and you are asking somebody else to do it for you . ’
20 While the DUC itself had amassed information and expertise by now to undertake this study itself , it realized that the report would have to be produced from outside the community if it was to have legitimacy or to be seen in any way as neutral : ‘ We in the Committee felt that we knew enough to write the report ourselves but we also felt that it would n't be acceptable to the County Council so we had to get somebody else to do it ’ .
21 ‘ The benefit now is that a child can institute proceedings without having to wait for somebody else to do it , ' said Mr Kidd .
22 yeah it is local so I 'll still be coming to the group , I mean it 's erm , going , I mean erm just bear that in mind I might need sort of some help with coordinating cards and things , and erm , particularly if we do opt into the campaign , er it might be advisable for somebody else to do it , or at least sort of give me assistance .
23 ‘ The thing about the Sienese , ’ Haverford said , voicing a thought he intended to use in one of his ‘ Jottings ’ , ‘ is that they always want somebody else to do their dirty work for them .
24 Study their rates and then decide to throw them into touch and get somebody else to do it .
25 I mean now , the erm the social workers erm are care managers in a lot of cases , in other words it may be contracted out to somebody else to do the actual caring and you look at the package which the client is getting , you know it might be I du n no some old dear who needs meals on wheels and visits every week or something
26 And give it to somebody else to do .
27 Or do you feel comfortable making decisions about where you 're investing your money , or would you be happy for somebody else to do it ?
28 For one thing , it just was n't in her to get somebody else to do her dirty work .
29 ‘ I 'll have to get somebody else to do it because I could n't bring myself to hurt any bird . ’
30 Blackmail somebody else to do it for you .
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