Example sentences of "[prep] [be] called to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of interpretation is compounded in considering MPs occupation and interests ; it was not unusual for a young man from a landed family to be called to the Bar ( but not to practice ) , to serve in the armed forces ( but not to become a professional soldier ) , and then to settle down to a political career with several directorships . |
| 2 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 3 | If this was inconvenient , Richard did not say so , although to be called to the telephone , or wanted on the telephone , as Richard put it , always seemed a kind of reproach in itself . |
| 4 | Police had to be called to the Ferry Side Beach , near Carmarthen , yesterday as tension rose and tempers flared in a confrontation between the visiting cocklers and locals , who say they rely on the cockles for their livelihoods . |
| 5 | Breeze tried next , but failed , so Chignell had to be called to the rescue . |
| 6 | On payday , at the end of the week , most of them refused their wages and John had to be called to the site to intervene . |