Example sentences of "called [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and Mallachy , between themselves , called her the Wee Green Patriot , but steered clear of all argument on the subject . |
| 2 | Some critics called him the new Tennyson , and he had a collection of unpublished works with him on the plane which crashed into a mountain , just eight miles from Kathmandu . |
| 3 | First on the scene , a showy horse , a Palomino — the locals called it the cardboard horse . |
| 4 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
| 5 | We have looked upon it almost as convertible with thought , of which we have called it the very stuff and process . |
| 6 | The called it the Silly Women Running Idle , but that was just for fun . |
| 7 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
| 8 | ‘ They have n't called us the United Nations team yet , but after Tuesday I think they might , ’ admits captain Michael Patton . |