Example sentences of "[vb mod] call it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could call it a bad year . |
| 2 | ‘ But no one could call it a lucky house , could they ? ’ |
| 3 | He gave a cool laugh , drawled , ‘ I guess you could call it the madonna-whore complex . ’ |
| 4 | In the very first episode I did , we fitted that onto a wobbling camera tracking in ( today you 'd call it a hand-held shot ) and , together with a sucker cup sticking out into shot , it gave you an impression of the thing lumbering towards Barbara down a passage . |
| 5 | Do you think being in love is let's call it the mating instinct , is being in love merely the mating instinct operating , button one for yes and button two for no , let's er , let's seal that little lust abate there , well forty seven say yes basically I suppose basically being in love is lust , fifty three say no and what about that , that other point , I mean should you marry for love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , should you marry for love ? well what very modern people you are , cos eighty two of you said yes , fifteen said no , who said no ? |
| 6 | ‘ Let's call it an extra prize for this term . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We used to call it the Bitching Hour . |
| 8 | Oh yes at one time erm after the New Town got well started , after The Stow was built got to the , goes up to The Stow and be beyond er , well it 's just , going on into erm , er , towards the swimming bath , it was n't up there , swimming bath , erm and we used to call it the Shady Shop in , in adverts and er we used to have a lot of people used to come down because there was only The Stow then and er |
| 9 | I shall call it an experiential explanation , because it is in terms of our experiences . |
| 10 | I shall call it the normal justification thesis . |
| 11 | I shall call it the fact-presupposing explanation . |
| 12 | I would call it a holding offence ! ’ |
| 13 | You can call it a delayed action , if you like , but it is never the former . |