Example sentences of "not call [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Will you kindly not call me that ? ’ |
2 | And Naomi makes the mistake , do not call me pleasant , call me bitter for the almighty has dealt very bitterly with me . |
3 | ‘ Do not call him that , ’ replied Caesar . |
4 | No , I would not call it that . |
5 | I was received as a thief , a well-mannered rapist , bucketless car-washer , double-glazing runner , not to mention corrupt informant that some of them tiles is loose , Ma 'm , and we just happen to be in the area with a long ladder so why not call it eighty quid ? |
6 | If they do n't call them all in pretty fast , there 'll be more of them up there . |
7 | Yeah they do n't call them other than beige and white and . |
8 | So you 've got relatives that are there are , there are distant relative , they 're still related to you , you would n't call them one of your family because th the relationship is so distant . |
9 | ‘ No , I would n't call them traditional . ’ |
10 | Could n't call them classy , but they are up there also … |
11 | Every so often they 'll need to diet again , but you would n't call them fat , and you certainly would n't call them losers . |
12 | Early middle age , and not too badly off although you would n't call him rich , either . |
13 | We do n't call him that , at least never to his face . |
14 | ‘ I wish you would n't call him that . |
15 | ‘ I do n't call him polite ; in a pig 's ear I do n't . ’ |
16 | He 's not no he 's not gen he 's not , I would n't call him genuine but he 's not two faced , if he does n't like you he tells you it does n't he ? |
17 | But Prince Charles talks to his plants and you would n't call him mad ! |
18 | There 's Robin Smith , who 's moved a little straighter in fact , you ca n't call him silly point now , he 's more of a silly mid-off , on that 's sort of line , and he 's about three yards on bat , two men out , deep on the leg side , there 's tough on the who 's hoisted that one away on the leg side , I think that could well be safe for , who 's chasing wicket , two bounce it 's over the rope , and four more runs to , he 's kept up his one hundred per cent boundary rate , moves on to twenty , five fours , and it , again , his eye very much on that short leg side boundary and Tufnell and Gooch they 're having further consultations and that leg side field being adjusted again . |
19 | And it 's more than er , and you can certainly do a better job than the Carlton so I mean , you do n't call , I mean , you do n't call him any competition at all I do n't but , you 've got to look at being able to do functions for two hundred . |
20 | ‘ Do n't call me daft ! ’ she said , but she was a travesty of her usual bossy self . |
21 | ‘ Do n't call me that , Elsie , I 'm not a brothel-keeper . ’ |
22 | ’ Do n't call me that . ' ! |
23 | ‘ Do n't call me that , you great jerk , ’ said Perdita , hammering her fists against his chest , which was as hard as the ground outside . |
24 | ‘ She do n't call me that . |
25 | ‘ Do n't call me that . |
26 | For the first time a sensation pierced the numbness and it caused Joe 's body to jerk and send a message to his brain that created the desire to shout , ‘ Do n't call me that , because I 'm not a sir . |
27 | ‘ I wish you would n't call me that . ’ |
28 | Do n't call me that , " he said with a flinch . |
29 | ‘ Do n't call me that . ’ |
30 | ‘ Do n't call me that , ’ she said crossly , aware that she was becoming side-tracked . |