Example sentences of "call themselves the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Royal ’ arrest An Australian farmer and his wife who declared their Queensland farm an independent country , calling themselves the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough , have been arrested for defying a court order to hand over the property to receivers . |
| 2 | The zebra was released by people calling themselves the Animal Liberation Front |
| 3 | They developed a sort of regimental spirit about it , and started calling themselves the Firm . |
| 4 | Armed men calling themselves the Death Commandos took some two dozen Supreme Court judges and others hostage in San Jose , the capital of Costa Rica . |
| 5 | Thus in London at different times there have been groups which have called themselves the Society of Twelve , the Seven and Five , and One/Four . |
| 6 | I should think that happens quite a lot , but I doubt they 'd call themselves The Hell Fire Club . |
| 7 | The Labour Party says the Tories have lost the right to call themselves the party of law and order . |
| 8 | This , however , will not be tolerated even by those who call themselves the centre , and a major split will become unavoidable . |
| 9 | In 1348 they demanded free trade in wool , and in 1351 achieved a definitive victory when the king agreed that the maltote should be granted only in parliament and that all merchants should be permitted to deal in wool ‘ without being restricted by those merchants who call themselves the king 's merchants ’ . |