Things go wrong at the office; he loses a sale or gets called on the carpet by the boss.

"I got called on the carpet for it."

If he seeks distance, he gets called on the carpet for being aloof.

"So he gets called on the carpet, maybe he gets fired.

He'd get called on the carpet.

It's a deeper conflict: On one hand, people dread making a mistake, and getting called on the carpet by the Internal Revenue Service.

"Cripes, Mr. Frank, why do you want to go and beat up on yourself like that for, before you even get called on the carpet?

"He let people sink or swim on their own, as opposed to other labels where you got called on the carpet when you have your first failure.

Some overzealous petty-tyrant Starfleet officer would get called on the carpet, maybe even cashiered out of the service, and that would be that.

Dr. Wood had told her she needed to park in the back; otherwise, when security came, her car might get spotted and then Dr. Wood would get called on the carpet for having civilians in the morgue after hours.

They've all been called on the carpet for this operation.

Others were called on the carpet for running identical advertisements in different states.

He should be called on the carpet for unfair play."

He was called on the carpet twice recently, so lately we are more cautious.

"Perhaps because you've never been called on the carpet by our esteemed eldest."

As never before, top officials are being called on the carpet to account for recurrent economic calamities.

Had Lucy given a hint of what she did to be called on the carpet for, it would have made matters clearer.

"If you intentionally delay the process, you should be called on the carpet," he said.

She hadn't been called on the carpet, exactly, but she was still upset.

I suppose I expected at least one of us to be called on the carpet for it."

He had a perpetually nervous look, as if he expected to be called on the carpet.

"I was called on the carpet and accused of every imaginable misdeed.

Lama's embarrassment, the fact that he was called on the carpet by Woodruff, is the talk of the cop shops in town.

Not too long ago, a bachelor agent who spent the night with his girlfriend was called on the carpet to explain his conduct.

One morning, he is called on the carpet by his boss, who has standing before him a certain Ronald Givens.

The next day, as the story goes, he was called on the carpet by his boss and asked how he could have done something so dumb.

The white officer in charge of the unit was called on the carpet by the base commander for tolerating insubordination.

It's time Ryan was called on the carpet to explain these charges and others that circulated long before this controversy flared.

If the transgressor is called on the carpet by his wife, the Bible's admonition is the one to follow.

The pin was also against Navy regulations, but the admiral clearly wasn't concerned about being called on the carpet for wearing it while in uniform.

"If it was something Pete was called on the carpet for, we would have heard what transpired," Cook said.

Hughes replied, "If they make statements based on something I sent them, they're not going to be called on the carpet."

Sadd said: "Better get hold of yourself, we are called on the carpet - oh, God, if only there was one!"

"There's not a lot of people willing to be called on the carpet," Mr. Treter said.

It is when Mr. Diamond has slipped into direct slurs that he has been called on the carpet.