Example sentences of "[verb] to call for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charsky tried to call for help , but his voice was frail ; then , to his amazement , he heard a strong voice from somewhere to his left shout : ‘ We 're on our way down ! |
| 2 | Even if you 're upright you might need to call for assistance . |
| 3 | From there the Sejm moved to call for independence , appealing directly to the All-Russian Congress of Soviets . |
| 4 | She went on gay-rights marches — although , as far as anyone knew , she was heterosexual — and was wont to punch the air with her fist at moments which seemed to call for affirmation or triumph . |
| 5 | And he intends to call for loan schemes in a bid to make safety equipment available to everyone . |
| 6 | MCI Communications Corp says that on April 1 , it intends to call for redemption $148m of its 10% subordinated debentures due April 1 2011 , at 108% of the principal amount . |
| 7 | Services in Derbyshire were so busy that they needed to call for assistance from neighbouring Nottinghamshire . |
| 8 | But , where it 's a proposal that seems to call for persuasion , should n't we be thinking of letting the inhabitants of the city decide for themselves ? |
| 9 | He hated sitting still , and remained constantly on the move , restless and seemingly tireless , preferring to call for needle and thread to mend his own clothes rather than do nothing . |
| 10 | The largest single shipload so far discovered were the 524 Chinese passengers on the East Wood which had to call for help when it broke down near the Marshall Islands earlier this year . |
| 11 | I think he was trying to call for help . |
| 12 | ‘ It is a principle of construction of United Kingdom statutes , now too well established to call for citation of authority , that the words of a statute passed after the Treaty has been signed and dealing with the subject matter of the international obligation of the United Kingdom , are to be construed , if they are reasonably capable of bearing such a meaning , as intended to carry out the obligation , and not to be inconsistent with it . |
| 13 | At that point I began to get seriously worried and wanted to call for help . ’ |