Example sentences of "[noun] called [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere , the main instrument for this capture of control by the notables — an English diplomat called them the gentry — was the election of Juntas . |
| 2 | Stephens called it the curve of least exertion , a design that was mathematically perfect for the use to which it was put . |
| 3 | We went upstairs — Rose called it the gods , because we were so near to heaven , I suppose , and the stage was so far away . ’ |
| 4 | Tusser called it the goef , and we can be sure that , like the word , the design of the barn itself and the work that went on in it had hardly changed from the sixteenth century to within living memory . |
| 5 | Born Alfredo James Pacino he is still haunted by memories of growing up on the mean streets of New York 's South Bronx where his street gang pals called him The Actor . |
| 6 | Ryan called it the Iron Maiden . |
| 7 | Iain called it The Prison , and he began breaking out at weekends , finding his way back to Pinner , and Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 8 | James Joyce called it The Wine of the Country . |
| 9 | ‘ … the guy called me the minute he got back to his office and he said : ‘ Mo do you agree with me that judge was as wet as hell ? ’ and I said : ‘ If you so say but he was sure swimming in the right pool . ’ |