Example sentences of "[noun sg] called at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minibus called at the house , Vin Roper was the driver , and John the helper . |
| 2 | I also had a stroke of luck when a Jehovah 's Witness called at the door earlier . |
| 3 | The incident began after two tax inspectors and a bailiff called at the man 's house . |
| 4 | A woman clutching the infant called at the terraced house in Albany Road , Prescot , with another woman and a man . |
| 5 | I also found certain sections of the press grossly biased ; and when a representative of the Daily Express called at the New English Weekly office and asked for a copy of the relevant issue , I thought I might be involved in a libel action . |
| 6 | The thief called at the house on east Merseyside with another woman and a man , and asked if she could use the toilet . |
| 7 | The thief called at the house on east Merseyside with another woman and a man , and asked if she could use the toilet . |
| 8 | Is it just a curious coincidence that one of the Bristol ships involved in the exploration of 1481 had on its previous voyage called at the Franciscan convent at Huelva , where Columbus was later to secure support for his proposed voyages ? |
| 9 | Biscoe called at the Falkland Islands for refreshment , searched in vain for the ‘ Aurora Islands ’ , and in 17–31 December 1830 examined the South Sandwich Islands as best he could . |
| 10 | FOUR days ago a diminutive figure dressed in black called at the Yorkshire home of Allan and Barbara Bland , parents of the Hillsborough disaster victim , Tony Bland . |
| 11 | No , the woman called at the door not long ago . |
| 12 | B. C. Limb called at the Foreign Office , having obtained a visa while in the United States , and gave an extremely misleading account of developments in Korea . |
| 13 | The following day Carl and Etty called at the hospital to take her home , by taxi . |
| 14 | The man called at the house in Amesbury , Wilts , and said he was investigating allegations of sex abuse . |
| 15 | Dot was pleased when the Children 's Officer called at the basement and said she was strong enough to start school . |
| 16 | Boz called at the Hankses ' cottage early the next morning . |
| 17 | Sgt John Grainger , community relations officer at Bishop Auckland police , said three builders using a blue van called at the home of an elderly person in the town , telling her she needed work on the roof and quoting £300 . |