Example sentences of "[been] called [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the reports , Dr Asvat was killed after he had been called to the old Mandela home to examine Stompie when he was beaten . |
| 2 | HOUSE has been called for the last time at the Mecca bingo hall in Middlesbrough and its future is now uncertain . |
| 3 | The meeting had been called by the Premier Division club 's majority shareholders , Hamish and George Deans , who have been involved in a bitter dispute with fellow club directors . |
| 4 | The strike , which closed down shops , schools and the universities , had been called by the major opposition United Nepal Communist Party ( UNCP ) , supported by other left-wing groups , in protest at price increases which had doubled food costs , trebled electricity rates and , at a time of severe nationwide drought , increased the price of water by 62 per cent . |
| 5 | The election had been called by the interim government installed following the December 1990 military coup [ see pp. 37912-13 ; 37958 ] . |