Example sentences of "[pron] else [to-vb] " in BNC.

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31 Well , I reckon so , so I I 've arranged for someone else to do it now .
32 And everybo , when you contract out something , when you ask someone else to do something for you .
33 Well I think we 'll have to get some other quotes , because Peter is n't the the roofer , he gets someone else to do it , so I think we ought to have some other quotes .
34 ‘ They are all wonderful but it only takes someone else to sit in their chair and they 're off in a mood .
35 A minister may temporarily remove a particular service from a local authority and administer it himself ( or authorize someone else to act ) if he is dissatisfied with a local authority 's performance .
36 He wished there was someone else he could trust , someone else to form an alliance with instead of this comic figure of a Russian policeman .
37 He ran the trolley down to the corridor 's end and left it there for someone else to pick up and use , and then he doubled back and started to walk the distance to the locker room .
38 Just for a second longer she hovered uncertainly in the doorway , fighting against the urge to beg him to find someone else to teach him before she spun round and ran from the room .
39 The only way you can stop getting paranoid about it is to get someone else to watch and tell you if you are doing anything wrong .
40 Go and find someone else to feed your ego , because I 've had enough of dealing with men who need to bully women to feel good ! ’
41 You would n't just hand it over to someone else to open .
42 Elizabeth waited for a moment as though for someone else to open the door and then rose and went to do so herself .
43 You are seeking ideas whenever you invite someone else to put forward an idea about a possible course of action .
44 The easiest way to earn money from a patented invention is to license someone else to use it , and collect royalties .
45 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 .
46 One of the biggest problems in desktop publishing is that to archive a finished newsletter or whatever takes up an entire floppy disk for one issue — and it 's even worse if you want to squirt the thing down the wire for someone else to print out .
47 Perhaps it was this , the fact that she now had someone else to love her , that made it possible for me to make a proper apology , to stutter out confusedly , red-faced , that I was sorry about what had happened .
48 ‘ No , but after what you told me I have a suspicion you kissed me that night at Ib 's Club deliberately in an effort to convince her you 'd found someone else to replace her in your heart and in your bed . ’
49 You set someone else to turn it over . ’
50 She used to get someone else to go and do her shopping for her .
51 You know she 's got ta find someone else to go an and live with because by and large you ca n't survive on your own in the Australian outback certainly not if you 're a woman , hardly if you 're a man .
52 and we could maybe find someone else to go off and do it with
53 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 .
54 I 'm not sure , but I just thought , I 'm just paying for someone else to go on that holiday .
55 It 's always easier for someone else to see where you 've missed the point .
56 If something needed doing Eva Burrows did n't look around for someone else to see to it .
57 Subba Row , also the chairman of Surrey and a former England and Northamptonshire batsman , will remain a powerful voice but clearly wishes for someone else to take the responsibility for the hazards to come .
58 ‘ Perhaps the time has come for someone else to take on the burden .
59 confidentiality is crucial and it would be wrong to expect someone else to take over
60 Once you have accepted responsibility do not allow someone else to take it away from you as that will be clear proof of your inability to handle the situation .
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