Example sentences of "[verb] always refer [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've always referred to the diary as ‘ my grandfather 's log book ’ , ’ said Mr Heward , 65 , of Birchwood Road , Marton , Middlesbrough . |
| 2 | Hence the moulding of that most deplorable product the ‘ humble boy ’ and the strengthening of what I had always referred to as ‘ the civil service mentality ’ until I encountered Michael Manley 's much more telling phrase the ‘ psychology of dependence ’ . |
| 3 | His warm , dark-brown eyes twinkled in a square , handsome face , and he had what his father had always referred to as an honest demeanour . |
| 4 | She had always referred to her as ‘ the old bat ’ , or occasionally as ‘ that hard bitch ’ . |
| 5 | Her family had always referred to her as the ‘ egghead ’ . |
| 6 | The Dyaks of Borneo , for instance , have always referred to the orangutan as the " man of the forest " , treating him at least with the dignity accorded to neighbouring tribes , whereas the Europeans , on examining the first Tierra del Fuegans brought back to the West , could not decide whether to classify them as humans or animals . |