Example sentences of "call [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " 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 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 .
10 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 .
11 Well what does that mean then are you likely to get called out at the middle of the night ?
12 I had called round at the house early in the week to check on how things had gone over the weekend .
13 On our way back we called in at the field centre , a converted ex-shunter 's cabin .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 ?
19 And former England skipper Lineker weighed in with his own good wishes for his old Spurs colleagues — he called in at the training ground .
20 When the train had gone , she said , ‘ We 'll just call in at the grocer 's , dear . ’
21 He could call in at the Informer office in Chancery Lane and use the telephone to arrange a suitably stimulating lunch .
22 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 .
23 You can come back with us now or you can call in at the Incident Room on the Wharf later today if you prefer . ’
24 On the way , I 'll call in at the Wheel Room , to feed my poor invalid , then …
25 Cos I can call in at the bank and get it
26 Sean called out at the top of his lungs .
27 But if you do feel like it , you only have to call in at the shop .
28 ‘ As I hold a season ticket I had no occasion to call in at the booking office .
29 Tickets can be booked by telephone on ( 0723 ) 370541 — or ( 0723 ) 378863 for Access and Visa bookings — by post , or personally if you call in at the theatre , and must be paid for within three days of booking .
30 When I call in at the station , the sergeant says , ‘ Great George Street — riot on ’ .
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