Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] call [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No , I think I 'll call myself a collector , an amateur .
2 ‘ I had n't any idea you would call yourself a humanist . ’
3 Then you can call yourself a scientist .
4 I think the problem with feminism is that a lot of people think that somehow you have to understand an awful lot of things , you have to read a lot of books , and you 've got to understand a whole lot of different theories , before you can call yourself a feminist .
5 Before you can call yourself a player ?
6 When you know you have located a one pound coin before you dig it up , you can call yourself an expert detectorist .
7 Our idea was that we should call ourselves The All Stars .
8 And if we do so we might call ourselves a nomadic and pastoral people of the transcendent ; and we shall be able to pasture our thoughts like the flocks of the nomads .
9 I should think that happens quite a lot , but I doubt they 'd call themselves The Hell Fire Club .
10 Whether or not he could call himself a Chief Rabbit , he had no experience of this sort of thing .
11 When he did he could call himself a Wrath eagle , for the site he had been born to was that of the proudest and fiercest of the golden eagles of Scotland and his mother was a Wrath eagle before him , his father having flown up from the south and won his place at her side in aerial combat with other males .
12 But be aware that anyone can call themselves a ‘ counsellor ’ ; your doctor may be able to refer you appropriately — otherwise shop around and go on recommendation .
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