Example sentences of "[was/were] call to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than once , right-wing union leaders have been left fuming in their seats as a stream of party activists were called to the rostrum . |
| 2 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 3 | Britain 's High Commissioner and ambassadors of the United States and other countries were called to the Foreign Ministry in Valletta to be told . |
| 4 | In quick succession , the remaining two brothers were called to the stand . |
| 5 | One day Victoria and Alexander were called to the drawing room after tea and saw a strange woman in a dress printed with yellow lemons sitting on the fender beside their father . |
| 6 | By the time Richard and Murray were called to the headmaster 's study a sheaf of publications headlining the incident were laid out on the large drum table . |
| 7 | Each year , when shooting , stalking and fishing guests departed , estate employees were called to the great house to work in the armoury , which had one of the finest collections of antique weapons in Scotland : claymores , dirks , shields , spears and guns . |
| 8 | Police were called to the shop in Southampton after a passer-by spotted Urben lowering himself through the roof into the showroom . |
| 9 | A country lane surrounding the house was sealed off and police from throughout the county were called to the scene . |
| 10 | Hampshire Police confirmed yesterday that they were called to the scene of a fight outside the Captain 's Corner nightspot in Southampton around midnight . |
| 11 | IT WAS all cisterns go yesterday when a Sudbury toddler let potty training go to his head and firefighters were called to the rescue . |
| 12 | Six fire crews , the Colchester rescue tender and a control vehicle were called to the blaze . |
| 13 | Bomb experts were called to the woods near Redcar , Cleveland , to blow it up . |
| 14 | Gardner , 27 , was charged after police were called to the terraced home he shares with Joanne Gibson and their two-year-old son Liam . |
| 15 | Following another violent incident police were called to the White Hart pub , Boreham , where officers found a 20-year old man lying on the floor with a knife still embedded in his back . |
| 16 | Dr Wise , you were called to the home of Mrs Rodriguez on the day of her death . |
| 17 | We know for a fact that the area was sealed off and that army and rescue services were called to the scene . |
| 18 | By the first of October this year the size of the Bar had risen to 7,271 an increase of 370. 1,340 were called to the Bar during the last legal year of which 785 were men and 555 women . |
| 19 | Fire crews were called to the house in Banbury at six o clock yesterday morning . |
| 20 | Police were called to the city 's Wood Farm estate last night . |
| 21 | Police equipped with riot gear were called to the scene . |
| 22 | Specialist officers were called to the scene including armed police and trained negotiators . |
| 23 | Fire crews from across Oxfordshire were called to the Holy Trinity School in Chipping Norton around eleven thirty yesterday morning . |
| 24 | Fire crews were called to the Grosvenor House building next door to the bus station early this morning . |
| 25 | A Crown lawyer said police were called to the pair 's Donard Street home in Belfast after neighbours heard shouting and fighting . |
| 26 | Debbie did not know her surname nor her address and when police were called to the hospital the little girl was too distressed and confused to help them with their inquiries . |
| 27 | Police who were called to the Lion Tavern in Moorfields found her body on a settee but there was no sign of her 20month-old son Gareth who was believed to have been in the pub when his mother was killed . |
| 28 | Firefighters were called to the county library in Grammar School Lane , Northallerton , when a blaze broke out in the lift shaft . |
| 29 | Firemen were called to the Manor Park Clinic pensioner 's home in Hartlepool on Saturday night where rubbish in a waste bin was alight . |
| 30 | Three fire engines were called to the Sweet and Savoury food factory on the Oakesway Trading Estate in Hartlepool to fight a blaze which severely damaged a filtration plant . |