Example sentences of "to call [pers pn] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although early on she sheepishly confessed to enjoying the visits , she did n't like the way the Twiggs expected her to call them Mom and Dad . |
| 2 | When , a long time ago now , Stephen had tried to call him Dad or Father and drop the babyish name , he had shouted that Stephen was all he had in the world and could n't he have a little bit of kindness and call him by the one name that meant something ? |
| 3 | and er I 've discussed this before and I 've come to the conclusion that these children who come along with Jehovah 's Witnesses knocking on your door they 're more affected than any child once a year practising whatever you like to call it Halloween or whatever . |
| 4 | I think sometimes it would be better to call it cobra because it does seem to have a very er er deadly sting as far as Lincolnshire 's concerned at the moment . |
| 5 | Given that he remembers correctly what the original sensation was like , he has developed a concept of pain which will tell him , of each new sensation , whether to call it pain or not . |