Example sentences of "call [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er I do n't really remember erm people going out to work much ex except , I suppose you 'd call them the lower classes , or not really the working classes because er , but the lower classes they would take in washing . |
| 2 | What we have here is one jet-black copy of a Lennon-style Rickenbacker 325 ( dubbed the RK-32B , ho ho ) and one red sunburst-finished copy of Townshend 's fave battleaxe the 330 , the Encore RK-33R ( I think we 'll call them the red one and the black one ) . |
| 3 | Just wan na call them the same things as you 're used to . |
| 4 | I said well , why do n't you call me the proper name , is it a ? |
| 5 | Our idea was that we should call ourselves The All Stars . |
| 6 | Now the person possessing the goods after the time limit , even if he holds the goods in bad faith , may call himself the rightful owner , while the original owner promptly loses all rights . |
| 7 | ‘ I shall call you the next time we are free , and we will do the rest , Yes ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Okay , ’ said Bob affable , from now on I 'll call you the old tart . ’ |
| 9 | They would call her The Little Nightingale . ’ |
| 10 | I shall call it the normal justification thesis . |
| 11 | Since it has this connection with thoughts I shall call it the epistemic or cognitive appearance . |
| 12 | You 've got all you 've got really you 've got the hypotenuse but you do n't need to bother with you just can call it the long one . |
| 13 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
| 14 | ‘ I would n't exactly call it the uncharted wilderness . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I think you could call it the metaphorical baked meats for our secretary . |
| 16 | He gave a cool laugh , drawled , ‘ I guess you could call it the madonna-whore complex . ’ |
| 17 | I shall call it the fact-presupposing explanation . |
| 18 | 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 ? |