Example sentences of "call [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we call them equal . |
| 2 | To make this design you will need three veneers of quite distinct tonal contrast ; call them dark ( A ) , medium ( B ) and light ( C ) . |
| 3 | They call them stupid . |
| 4 | That 's because I 'm going to suggest , so we call them interim fieldwork re , interim fieldwork reports . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , a direct translation would be Viennese bread , but in England I believe you call them Danish pastries — an amusing quirk of language , ja ? ’ |
| 6 | They call them battered babies now , I do n't think we did then . |
| 7 | Falconer had four ; people call them liturgical cups . |
| 8 | Erm as a result they call them weightless networks which we actually hate because they 're not weightless . |
| 9 | But , then you do n't yo they 're not so important the second lot , as what we call , well you call them spares , we call them spare in the stables you see . |
| 10 | We call them Greek myths and they tell how the gods and their companions ruled and organised the world . |
| 11 | Bonfield does n't like the term mainframe any more — ‘ mainframes are unpopular now ’ , he said , ‘ we call them big servers ’ for the open systems market . |
| 12 | But Bonfield does n't like the term mainframe any more — ‘ mainframes are unpopular now ’ , he said , ‘ we call them big servers ’ for the open systems market . |
| 13 | The madam might occasionally slap the girls or call them rude names , but in the end she wants the customers to buy at least one of them . |
| 14 | In Ballachulish an old man , who had no recollection of the jackdaws , told me , ‘ We all have our names for these mountains but they call them different now . ’ |
| 15 | Optical isomers are sometimes called inentiamorse if you have trouble with language then we 'll call them inantipas if you 're a biologist you call them optical isomers . |
| 16 | And lastly , Geoffrey , is it fair to lump the English , the Scots , the Irish and the Welsh together in one compartment and call them British ? |
| 17 | You call them uxorial , but we both know what they are . |
| 18 | Other fans simply call them little kids , but they are to be distinguished from other ‘ little kids ’ in other areas of the ground . |
| 19 | Indeed , Croats from western Hercegovina are insulted if you call them Bosnian . |
| 20 | I do n't think they can take any more , you know they 've left nothing there , but now the allies — I do n't think there is much , and even if they have they call them surgical , you know , sight bombing |
| 21 | Many people I know deplore the digging of these cant quarries and call them ugly eyesores and the rape of the country . |
| 22 | Call them idealistic , radical , even headstrong . |
| 23 | I think they call them flash backs do n't they or something . |
| 24 | They call them excessive . |
| 25 | Mr Chairman , if decent people find it necessary er to kill animals they believe be vermin they do n't dress up in red coats and call them pink and er charge er , er , er , about er drinking st stirrup cups and tooting horns , er they go out and kill the vermin , it 's a necessary job that has to be done and of course , er there are many ways in which foxes could be killed without cruelty if it is necessary to kill them . |
| 26 | Call me regional . |
| 27 | Call me selfish , but life was hard enough as it was , without someone else demoralising me . |
| 28 | They call me Chunky ! |
| 29 | They call me vain and arrogant , |
| 30 | And , and my friends call me Sandy . |