"consult somebody" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it whenever you need to ask someone for advice or to discuss a problem with them. For example, "If you're having trouble deciding which college to attend, I would suggest you consult a guidance counselor."
Her Olympic-scale worrying would have briskly taken on the darkness of the gravestone slate had she still been around; her letter would instruct me to consult somebody in The New Yorker's checking department about all this.
"Sometimes I get nervous when I explain everything, everything is clear, still the patient wants to consult somebody else (a specialist).
I had picked up a leaflet in the local chemist and that did have pictures and diagrams about moles and when you should consult somebody...mine didn't look anything like the ones that were in the pictures, but in the descriptions it was talking about irregular [shapes] and bleeding and...it was those two elements that I picked up on.
Consult somebody to make sure that it's correct.
It might be difficult to understand the procedures, so it's best to consult somebody.
"Maybe they should have consulted somebody".
The cardiac herb, hawthorn, is a good example of this: "As soon as you take hawthorn, you have to assume that there is a cardiac problem and they should be consulting somebody".
"Well, of course," the woman said, but had already turned to consult with somebody carrying a pie.
He mumbled something about having to consult with somebody or other, that he didn't really own the place.
By Drew Dernavich March 17, 2009 In honor of South by Southwest, the Cartoon Lounge naturally decided to consult with somebody from North by Northeast: the Toronto Star's John Sakamoto.
(Clinical Principal Investigator 4) I read it quite thoroughly from page to page, and I think that's what it's designed to do, you can take time to read it and make some notes and then consult with somebody else about it, you know?
