Example sentences of "[adv] [be] called [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the 1970s , such of these early headhunting characters who still survived could be found occupying the positions of non-executive directors and chairmen of search firms , lending respectability and weight but not necessarily being called on for practical help ; by the 1980s most had disappeared . |
| 2 | McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 3 | McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 4 | McKoy , the hometown favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 5 | McKoy , having already been called back for one false start , would have been disqualified for a second offence — but he took full advantage of his head-start to pip Jackson for the gold . |
| 6 | My father had recruited three young gypsies who had not been and could not be called up for the Navy . |
| 7 | The plaintiffs were the informers against the keepers of the disorderly house who had first pleaded guilty and then later been called up for judgment and sentence . |
| 8 | Can I just say that in getting them , I think erm the er Lands Charity trustees are not actually obliged to report to us , and Kevin 's doing this as a matter of sort of courtesy really , because we appointed him , erm but erm erm I think it 's a subject that could well be called on for one of these sort of regular , little , important at the A G M , erm |