Example sentences of "called me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother was hysterical and my father called me a lot of unpleasant names . |
| 2 | Later on in my career , again in the press , he called me a ‘ sheltered athlete ’ who kept away from the main opposition . |
| 3 | ‘ Bill called me a couple of days ago . |
| 4 | ‘ He called me a name and I called him a name , ’ said Ditka . |
| 5 | They called me a Frankenstein , but his ambitions go further . |
| 6 | One of the older guys called me a nigger , and he influenced the others so that they all started calling me it . |
| 7 | ‘ Ai nt no VietCong ever called me a nigger , ’ was his simple , but penetrating , reason for not accepting the draft for which he was stripped of his world title and forced into inactivity for three years ( only to return from adversity and carry on boxing , often successfully , for world titles until aged 38 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , 'e told me ter get out an' called me a lazy so-an'-so so I stuck one on 'im . |
| 9 | He called me a usurer , which was the first time I 'd heard the word , paid me back £1.20 after four weeks , paraded at weekends in his new shirt , and we were friends thereafter . |
| 10 | Marius called me a ‘ mukis keele ’ , which meant ‘ soft boy ’ or ‘ mother 's boy ’ in his native tongue . |
| 11 | Far as I remember he called me a nasty name and I slapped his wrist . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Now you go to the same playgrounds and schools where people called me a fag for being an actor and everybody as a Screen Actors Guild card falling out of their pocket . |
| 13 | ‘ I was puzzled when a paper recently called me a ‘ bread head ’ . |
| 14 | Everyone laughed , and the captain clapped me on the back and called me a good fellow . |
| 15 | She called me a Black bitch . |
| 16 | Sometimes he was angry with me and called me a ‘ hard little thing ’ or ‘ a cruel spirit ’ , but I preferred that to being called ‘ my darling ’ . |
| 17 | He called me a puttana … you understand ? ’ |
| 18 | The person who called me a positivist went on to add that everyone knew that positivism was out of date — another case of refutation by denigration . |
| 19 | I was never so upset in me life as when me own daughter called me a sinner . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said . |
| 21 | " They called me a breeder , Fielding . |
| 22 | But he would n't believe I really wanted to do it , called me a drop-out . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , she called me a tart , a gold-digger , nothing I could n't handle , ’ she murmured . |
| 24 | She called me a liar . |
| 25 | Fair sir , you spat upon me on Wednesday last , … , another time You called me a dog . |
| 26 | ‘ You called me a homosexual in front of the audience , ’ he proclaimed , those nostrils now flared in genuine anger . |
| 27 | ‘ She called me a snake ? ’ he asked hollowly . |
| 28 | he called me a fucking cunt ! |
| 29 | When asked to explain this the boy remarked ‘ my father called me an ear'ole [ a ‘ crawler ’ or conformist ] once , in the second year , for playing football and coming to school ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ My son ’ , said Joe thoughtfully , after the waiter had delivered their drinks , ‘ called me an asshole this morning . |