Example sentences of "[be] called [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around .
2 Now Millns is established as one of the most feared and effective fast bowlers on the county circuit , and he might well have been called up for England 's final Test at The Oval but for injury .
3 The plaintiffs were the informers against the keepers of the disorderly house who had first pleaded guilty and then later been called up for judgment and sentence .
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 ‘ Both of them play have represented Denmark at under-21 level while Morton has been called up for the senior squad .
6 McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around .
7 McKoy , the hometown favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around .
8 A twenty year old man has been called in for a chat with an inspector .
9 McKoy , having already been called back for one false start , would have been disqualified for a second offence — but he took full advantage of his head-start to pip Jackson for the gold .
10 A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ .
11 Seven or eight times out of ten , this is the phenomenon which greets those in the deliverance ministry when they are called on for help .
12 My father had recruited three young gypsies who had not been and could not be called up for the Navy .
13 However , Byron Nelson , 79 , has a new hip and may be called on for duty .
14 Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5-micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all due to arrive next year .
15 Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year .
16 Can I just say that in getting them , I think erm the er Lands Charity trustees are not actually obliged to report to us , and Kevin 's doing this as a matter of sort of courtesy really , because we appointed him , erm but erm erm I think it 's a subject that could well be called on for one of these sort of regular , little , important at the A G M , erm
17 In coming to a conclusion on whether these proposals should be called in for his determination , my right hon. Friend will consider the proposals in terms of whether they raise issues of national or regional significance or give rise to substantial controversy .
18 I sat in my cell expecting to be called out for execution at any moment .
19 On 7 July Amedeo wrote a card to his mother telling her , somewhat cruelly , that as Italy was now in the war , he had thought that he might be called back for military service , even though he was an invalid and had felt a slight desire to return to Italy .
20 When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945 I had just completed my Higher School Certificate in the traditional three subjects , with a year to spare before being called up for National Service .
21 Some of the men they knew had gone home to Ireland to escape being called up for the forces , but many more were serving in the Army , Navy or Air Force or were at sea with the Merchant Marine .
22 By the end of the 1970s , such of these early headhunting characters who still survived could be found occupying the positions of non-executive directors and chairmen of search firms , lending respectability and weight but not necessarily being called on for practical help ; by the 1980s most had disappeared .
23 That caused a shortage , especially of male dancers , which was worsened when others were called up for military service during the war .
24 Then more of our staff were called up for service with Queen Alexandra 's Imperial Military Nursing Service .
25 RUGBY Union rookies Tony Underwood and Martin Hynes received a boost to their England hopes yesterday when they were called up for the today 's game against Leicester .
26 There is inherent bias in this study , however , as these cases were not shown to be screen negative , and the age at which polyps were found merely reflects the age at which they were called up for screening .
27 The children were called in for tests after being treated by a paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital who was suffering from TB .
28 When the case was called on for hearing only one justice was available .
29 for the Test , Richards and Edrich returned and , with various fast bowlers injured , Mike Selvey was called up for England .
30 It had been owned by the Turner family , and my aunt 's builder husband had bought it from them and was turning it into an apartment house when he was called up for service with the Army .
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