Example sentences of "[prep] [be] called the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | And would her daughter continue to be called the Duchess of York ? |
2 | In Acts we have two vivid descriptions of what has come to be called the communism of the early Church : ‘ All who believed were together and had all things in common ; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all , as any had need ’ ( Acts 2:44–5 ) ; and ‘ No one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common … |
3 | Worst of all for Scottish pride , what has come to be called the Stone of Scone is no longer in its honoured place . |
4 | No man gets to be called the Ángel of Death just because he tells his men to stand fast and fight . |
5 | But though my spirits were high , the shadow of that man , who liked to be called the Ángel of Death , travelled with me , the memory of his good looks , his well-oiled virility , above all Iris Sunderby 's apparent infatuation , constantly there in my mind . |