Example sentences of "had been called up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chaps had been called up into the army , nearly all of them that worked with us , they were all on army reserve . |
| 2 | Some were housewives who had been called up under the call up for women of forty-five to fifty . |
| 3 | ( The bank clerk who had occupied it had been called up to the army . ) |
| 4 | John told her that Mick , who had finished his examinations for Higher School Certificate , had been called up for the Royal Air Force . |
| 5 | Robert had been called up in the First Militia , as it was named , the beginning of National Service which was to continue until some years after the war ended . |