Example sentences of "[being] call [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Then , when he seemed to have left his post , we furtively approached the door , noting that the disappearance of his reflection on the glass door-top was due to the man being called over to the booking office window at the foyer . |
2 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Indeed , if they had thought about it , it would have been all too ludicrously reminiscent of being called up before the headmaster . |
5 | In March 1915 at a discussion between London Tramways Managers , Mr. Mason said he did not think women were suitable to conduct large open top cars , but in the New Year , the Company had to employ them , as so many men were being called up in the forces . |
6 | And finally I 'd like your estimate as to the length of time before , between your sledgehammer finally knocking the door down and you being called out of the flat . |
7 | During the days of live Television AFMs were equipped with a ‘ cut key ’ — a hard-wired push-button which , when pressed , cut off all sound from the studio microphones so that the viewers at home could not hear the prompt line being called out by the AFM . |
8 | He was already used to being called out by the Sheikhs for the slightest problem . |
9 | When I had finished , I was made to wait two hours before being called back into the office for questioning . |