Example sentences of "have called [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They have called me a rotten apple , which , coming from them , I take as a compliment , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Some have called him a drunkard and assume that he saw puce poetry instead of pink elephants . |
| 3 | No one could , with justice , have called him a layabout . |
| 4 | Others have called him a blend of ‘ Merle Haggard filtered through Bruce Springsteen ’ or quite simply ‘ a hell of a talent ’ . |
| 5 | That , wrote Harsnet , is part of the reason why I have chosen glass and not canvas or wood , that is why in my notes I have called it a delay in glass , which is to say a refusal of shit . |
| 6 | Only the longing for meat ( some commentators have called it a lust , but the Hebrew does not pass that judgement ) , the claim that their appetite is gone , or their throats are dry , or , as the RSV has it , their strength is dried up ( the Hebrew will sustain all those translations ) , and an unspecified complaining about their misfortunes . |
| 7 | As this substance has properties akin to those of ferments I have called it a ‘ Lysozyme ’ , and shall refer to it by this name throughout the communication . |
| 8 | Chris and I have called it a day . ’ |
| 9 | We have looked upon it almost as convertible with thought , of which we have called it the very stuff and process . |
| 10 | I have called it an unorthodox theory because few adhere to it . |