Example sentences of "call [pron] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The other boys keep calling me a big cissy , ’ sobbed John , ‘ and hitting me ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He screamed at me , calling me an evil bitch who had tried to trap him ’ |
| 3 | He screamed at me , calling me an evil bitch who had tried to entrap him . |
| 4 | ‘ They have called me a rotten apple , which , coming from them , I take as a compliment , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Still , the two parties have moved towards the round-table talks that both want — although the government calls them a multi-party conference , whereas the ANC looks forward to an all-party congress , to be followed eventually by an elected constituent assembly . |
| 6 | In she comes for her pension , takes it without a by-your-leave then calls me a bloody wog and tells me to go home to where I come from . ’ |
| 7 | Miss Eames calls me an old-fashioned word : Dunce . |
| 8 | A congressional committee has been inquiring into why Augusto Pinochet junior , who calls himself an international arms adviser , received cheques worth nearly $3m from the army , apparently for his share in a rifle factory , and whether the old general knew his son stood to benefit . |
| 9 | Calling himself a former pupil of J. T. Desaguliers [ q.v . ] , |
| 10 | Its leader , Alex Salmond , has lately taken to calling himself a Social Democrat , but this week his deputy , Jim Sillars , was again proclaiming full-blooded socialism . |
| 11 | ‘ Should we allow a member who has narrowly avoided bankruptcy to keep on calling himself a chartered accountant ? ’ |
| 12 | Colquhoun tormented Barnsley with his pace and skill and last night admitted : ‘ It hurts when you hear people calling you a bad buy . |
| 13 | That mister at hospital calls you a little lady . |
| 14 | Amanda just called you a super piss head ! |
| 15 | At least he 'd stopped calling her an English pig . |
| 16 | And when she 's off on the piste she 'll doubtless miss the Press lads following her around calling her an idle good-for-nothing . |
| 17 | Whether Boswell means this sincerely , or as sleight-of-hand to deflect people from calling him a mere snob , must be measured against the remarkable and immortal results of his association with the one man who allowed him to share his company relentlessly . |
| 18 | Adam said he did n't , he meant myopotamus , which in turn meant coypu that were presumably now in the process of being exterminated , whereupon Mary burst into shouts of anger and distress , calling him a cruel beast and an enemy of ecology . |
| 19 | For years father had been nagging away at him to take some interest and prove he had the Miletti flair , yet as soon as he tried to show a bit of initiative everyone got on their high horse about it , father especially , calling him a worthless junkie and I do n't what else besides . |
| 20 | As Professor Housman used to say , ‘ Stand on a barrel in the streets of Baghdad and say twice two are four and ginger is hot in the mouth and therefore Mohammed is the prophet of God , and it is unlikely that anyone would question your reasoning ; but if he should be bold enough to do so , you could easily silence him by calling him a Christian dog . ’ |
| 21 | calling him a wretched amateur . |
| 22 | The parents , instead of applauding her , called her a noisy chatterbox and told her sharply that small girls should be seen and not heard . |
| 23 | Mike had once called her a natural non-drinker , one who enjoyed neither the taste nor the effect . |
| 24 | So James is going around calling everybody a stupid zombie . |
| 25 | Aggro is likely to be considered appropriate in situations where opposing fans attempt a territorial invasion of their rivals ' ‘ end ’ ; where one hooligan fan stares at , or adopts a threatening posture towards an opponent , or calls him a demasculatory name , such as ‘ cunt ’ , ‘ wanker ’ , or ‘ poofta ’ . |
| 26 | He inspired spite : critics called him a male Farah Fawcett , said he was pretty enough to make a convincing transvestite . |
| 27 | Yet this season , he 's played all but two matches , and since the ‘ 5 man defence ’ appeared when Batty got injured , the reviews I 've read have even called him a Batty replacement , and given him a good write-up . |
| 28 | ‘ Called him a proper bastard in Paradise Street . ’ |
| 29 | His friends called him an easy-going chap ; his enemies called him weak . |
| 30 | But Ms Hilary Armstrong , education spokesman for Labour and North West Durham MP , called it a desperate measure to save Mr Fallon 's parliamentary seat . |