Example sentences of "he was call [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 While there he was called up by the England squad when the touring team ran into injury trouble last summer .
2 While there he was called up by the England squad when the touring team ran into injury trouble last summer .
3 Recently he was called up by the Customs and Excise about 20 videos ( mostly tapes from TV ) a friend had sent him from America .
4 In these uncertain and troubled circumstances he was called back to the one thing outside his faith in which he could place his trust .
5 He continued , ‘ That friend of yours , the Scotsman , Duncan something or other , he was called out during the night to deliver something to 45 Royal Marine Commando .
6 Coleridge awoke , he said , retaining ‘ a distinct recollection of the whole ’ , and was eagerly committing the poem to writing when he was called out by a person on business from Porlock who detained him for more than an hour .
7 He was called out by an offended patriot of the town , but killed his opponent in the consequent duel , one of the few duels that can ever have been fought for the sake of a marginal note in a book .
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