Example sentences of "[prep] calling the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then its always worth calling the away club direct and asking if they sell visitors tickets . |
| 2 | Then its always worth calling the away club direct and asking if they sell visitors tickets . |
| 3 | The general allegations in it had been made before : Harry Phibbs had a moment of fame for calling the late Earl of Stockton ‘ a war criminal ’ on the strength of Count Tolstoy 's theories , but he got away with it . |
| 4 | Something to do with calling the French ‘ frogs ’ , apparently . |
| 5 | The victory ended a run of three successive defeats , and Shell showed himself to be a relatively undemonstrative head coach prepared to listen to the advice of his assistant coaches and players before calling the big plays . |
| 6 | The re-union of the Liberals , forced by the action of Stanley Baldwin in calling the 1923 General Election on the issue of protection , seemed to have worked briefly with a revival in the political fortunes of the Liberal Party . |
| 7 | His actions then ( in this case in calling the twelve ) did not simply relate to his immediate Jewish context , but are to be seen as a considered action undertaken in relation to his having founded the church . |
| 8 | It is when one recognizes the variations in peasant advancement among even individuals in a single community , as well as from one village or one region to another , that one appreciates the need for caution in calling the fifteenth century the golden age of the English labourer . |
| 9 | Up at HM Systems Plc in North London , they innocently ran a letter through the thing , and once they had stopped chortling , they rang us to advise that people should stick to calling the new chip the 80586 in any correspondence they give to their secretary unless they 're confident that , in the words of Larry Hart , she 's a broad with a broad , broad mind . |
| 10 | Regular tours are conducted throughout the year , details of which can be obtained by calling the above number . |
| 11 | The teachers looked the same as the pupils and everyone was equal , ha , ha , though I made a fool of myself by calling the male teachers sir and females miss . |
| 12 | Bolinger distinguishes these uses from those such as I was glad to see her there , where there is no comma pause , by calling the latter " projective " and the former " reactive " — ( 28 ) , for example , is paraphrased by " I was stunned by his losing " . |
| 13 | Where the local authority is the applicant in the proceedings difficulties may be avoided by calling the social worker as first witness . |
| 14 | Here by calling the last witness , the judge was not only supplementing the prosecution ; he was in effect taking it over . |