Example sentences of "they call [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are they called P elevens ? |
| 2 | There was what they called gangs you see , you know they had planks did n't they . |
| 3 | No Well Yes they had what they called brakes that came in . |
| 4 | And they used to make two penny worth up and that 's what they called potherbs , in those days . |
| 5 | Now , I did eventually get my father to tell me this ; and , according to him , it was just as he choked the last struggling life out of the dog that he heard another scream , this time from above , and inside the house , and that was the boy they called Paul being born . |
| 6 | ‘ Miracula naturae ’ , they called sun dew plants in the eighteenth century , and miracles of nature they certainly are . |
| 7 | They called Farren . |
| 8 | It was what they called parrots . |
| 9 | Yes , oh aye I Yes , we You had to measure , and in those days , the councils were grouped in what they called Assessment Committee Areas , and each were wor making sure the other areas were using the same sort of basis . |
| 10 | But the men had to balance it up by , what they called chits , tha that came on every garment and how much er money they were getting for it . |
| 11 | Then there were the screws they called night patrol . |
| 12 | What they called Ceilidhs . |
| 13 | When Barbarossa was driven from Rome in 1167 many of the cities of the Po valley joined together in the Lombard League under the aegis of Milan ; and they built a new fortress town over against imperial Turin , guarding the approach to Lombardy from the west , which they called Alessandria after the emperor 's great rival , Pope Alexander III . |
| 14 | Well they would buy Were a a breed of men , as far as I know , used to wear what they called moleskin trousers . |
| 15 | They called stress the disease of the Eighties . |
| 16 | A dollop of cranberry sauce has been the traditional accompaniment to turkey since the Pilgrim Fathers ate what they called crane berries ( the flowers resemble cranes ) — probably in the form of a sauce — with turkey at the Thanksgiving feast , celebrating their survival of the first winter spent in America . |
| 17 | Effectively they called DEC a liar . |
| 18 | The Somme dragged on through July , a futile and terrible battle of attrition that cost hundreds of thousands of lives , through Aubers Ridge , Delville Wood , where the Cameronians had a section of trench they called Buchanan Street , and into a dreadful September , when Haig decided to try and break through on the Somme with a secret weapon , the tank . |
| 19 | They called daemons and allied with Chaos and so their evil was plain for all to see . |
| 20 | Thus , a new influence came into Medau work , and Senta Medau began a collaboration with Dr Schmitt 's colleague , Dr Frederike Richter , that resulted in a way of working that they called Organgymnastik . |
| 21 | He had only twice before ever spoken to the man they called Sabbah . |
| 22 | So , avoiding Granny 's staring eyes , I watched Mum , Mrs Taylor and the big-bosomed woman they called Aggie lift Granny with some effort out of her chair and up the creaky stairs . |
| 23 | Negro slaves brought okra seeds ( some say they were smuggled in their hair ! ) , which they called gumbo , and they introduced slow-cooked African stews . |
| 24 | Instead , the Party prof professionals decided that the campaign should be fought on the basis of what they called themes . |
| 25 | She was well built , with strong features , and she styled her dark brown hair in what they called earphones . |
| 26 | The native denizens of the no-man's-land they called Lothian , between the Firth of Forth and Northumberland , then turned their attention to the six figures walking behind Macbeth of Alba , but , except for Bishop Malduin , who was easy to recognise because of his embroidered robes and his doubtful expression , the three middle-aged men and the two young ones were unfamiliar . |
| 27 | AND THEY CALLED IT POPPY LOVE |
| 28 | Each year saw the exodus of the young to the El Dorado they called America . |
| 29 | Sometimes they called statues of people 's heads busts . |
| 30 | They called Massingham the Honjohn behind his back and occasionally to his face , and bore no malice . |