Example sentences of "[conj] somebody [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm , but I think P , er , budget review , or somebody needs to have a look at it , if you 've got budget review and you 've got people who , most of the people who were on the old working party know the background there anyway , seems as good a place as any to look at it . |
2 | Douglas burst open the door into the first , where somebody had lit a lamp . |
3 | Joan recalled what happened : ‘ Apparently the soldier opened the bag and something fell out and he thought it was a paw and that somebody had thrown a dog into the river . |
4 | As she rang off and Sarella was left holding the phone she thought she heard a click on the line as if somebody had replaced an extension . |
5 | If my right hand had n't felt as if somebody had grafted a bunch of bananas on to it and then dipped it in acid , it would have been a pleasant experience . |
6 | If somebody had put a match to it , it up there you see , it would then come under S S A , |
7 | If somebody 's had a lifetime of doing tapestries or needlework or sewing , then encourage them to do needlework as an individual . |
8 | Right , because the body is acting in order to protect its vital organs and it 's drawing the blood vessels near the skin , shut down , you 're not needed there , you 're needed here , in the core of the body , because your blood is what warms your skin up , it 's taken away from the skin , then the skin feels cold and clammy , yeah , clammy because of course if there 's no heat , we sweat all the time and especially if somebody 's had an accident or is seriously ill they will be sweating , yes , then there 's nothing to dry the sweat off okay , what happens when we sweat excessively in the summer time ? |
9 | And here and there you will see hieroglyphs have been erased , if somebody 's got a chisel and there 's a , just a raise a whole block of hieroglyphs , er just there and then and almost always that is Akhenaten 's workmen did it and the hieroglyphs they were erasing was the plural er gods . |
10 | Think about training though , if somebody 's got a question to ask what will about sort of something very early on and they do n't get the opportunity to answer you what might happen |
11 | ‘ But what if somebody comes to buy a ticket ? ’ |
12 | I mean if somebody did grow a tree I mean , it must be harder in that kind of area but but wi with the right will for people to plant a tree and grow it it 's just as easy |
13 | Down there if somebody wanted to buy a chair like that |
14 | Erm but if somebody has had a gap for whatever reason , it is often the only method of actually covering it if you want to do something that involves the teachers ' superannuation scheme . |
15 | Now if somebody has got a load of chemical open and it is being absorbed , you must protect yourself first , if they are still conscious well then they will take off their own clothing , you do not unless you have got protective clothing on . |
16 | again , I mean I maybe should n't do this but I tend to take a very relaxed attitude to these things and if somebody wants to bring a pal or if somebody that would be interested I see it as P R for the B A I E you know |
17 | It felt like somebody had put a gun to his kneecap , said David Lawrence today as he came from his bed at the hospital in Wellington to meet reporters . |
18 | Just after eleven , more people began to arrive as the pubs chucked out and so Dosh and I ( or maybe it was Freddie ) moved upstairs where we 'd found another front room which had been stripped of furniture and somebody had run a pair of extra speakers off the disco in the lounge . |
19 | But within the clearing it was warm and safe-feeling ; Clumhach had lit their usual fire , which was burning up brightly , and somebody had placed a cauldron of spiced wine to simmer over it . |
20 | It was hardly wider than a car and somebody had parked a van halfway along . |
21 | I throw up onto the floor and they pause the video for me and somebody goes to get a mop . |
22 | And somebody has got a question . |
23 | Right we 'll keep going round till somebody 's got a U. |
24 | Of the senators involved Bush said : " They ought not to panic and run like a covey of quail because somebody has made an allegation against a man whose word I trust , and who , as I understand it , has n't been fingered by what 's coming out of this process … |
25 | ‘ It looks as though somebody 's had a fire here , ’ Mungo said . |