Example sentences of "call [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He appealed for members to comment by ringing Brenda on Middlesbrough 244860 or calling in at the club . |
2 | There was n't much point in calling in at the shop , so I came straight here . ’ |
3 | Some hotshot parents cheat by calling in at the food store and ordering a gourmet prawn salad for 20 — at a cost of $60 . |
4 | She was cracking those damn peppermints in her back teeth to disguise the fact she 'd called in at the Oyster Bar on her way up . ’ |
5 | It all started early this morning , when a rather anxious mum called in at the office . |
6 | She had called in at the office once since she left and had been greeted with pleasure . |
7 | Nerina called in at the office to see her mother . |
8 | Problems started when a developer for the hotel could not be found , and Mr Graham was called in at the behest of the main creditor , the Bank of Scotland . |
9 | The receivers were called in at the Broadgate developer and the shares suspended at 7¼p , but the FT-SE 100 Index shook off the crisis and climbed to a new peak , up 18 points at 2778.8 . |
10 | They strolled back home down the tunnelled lane and called in at the Littles ' cottage and the Vicarage on the way . |
11 | Now , on Saturday morning , she thumped on the cottage door and at the same time leaned back from her ample waist and called up at the casement window . |
12 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
13 | Well what does that mean then are you likely to get called out at the middle of the night ? |
14 | I had called round at the house early in the week to check on how things had gone over the weekend . |
15 | I had to have a talk with Mrs Rumney and a few days later I called in at The Laurels . |
16 | On our way back we called in at the field centre , a converted ex-shunter 's cabin . |
17 | As she called in at the supermercado , toured the fruit and vegetable market , bought chicken legs from the Dutch butcher , a kaleidoscope of questions formed and reformed itself in her head . |
18 | It was n't until he called in at the vicarage and found the vicar shot , stabbed , strangled and poisoned that I gave up completely . |
19 | More than one of them remarked on how pleasant it was to return to base in the early hours , cold , cramped and tired out , to see our welcoming smiles as they called in at the office on their way down to the Mess , even though they had probably only called in to tear us off a strip for having given them a rotten weather forecast . |
20 | I called in at the office on one of my days off , to see what was doing , and found that a posting had come through for me to report forthwith to Group Headquarters at Huntingdon . |
21 | The day that made the appointment to see and Co , Nick after coming out of that meeting with Nick , we called in at the office , myself and my wife , and whilst I was tidying some things up because I 'd got the remainder of the afternoon off , Charles ' wife said to my wife , my wife actually broke down in tears , and she says , What 's up ? |
22 | And former England skipper Lineker weighed in with his own good wishes for his old Spurs colleagues — he called in at the training ground . |
23 | When he called in at the offices of Grubworthy and Sting , on his way through London , they were no less honest with him . |
24 | Then I called in at the Vecchio Reccione near Stringfellows for a glass of Valpolicella and a bread stick . |
25 | ‘ Anyway , I 'll call in at The Randolph , so I 'll see you soon . ’ |
26 | When the train had gone , she said , ‘ We 'll just call in at the grocer 's , dear . ’ |
27 | He could call in at the Informer office in Chancery Lane and use the telephone to arrange a suitably stimulating lunch . |
28 | Today he would have liked to remain at Hillmarden for another night , but he had promised Celia he would call in at the clinic on his way back to London , knowing he had a very busy week coming which might make it impossible to see her again until the following weekend . |
29 | You can come back with us now or you can call in at the Incident Room on the Wharf later today if you prefer . ’ |
30 | On the way , I 'll call in at the Wheel Room , to feed my poor invalid , then … |