Example sentences of "and call [pers pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 2 | Noah was in a particularly bad mood one dinner-time , and so he tried to make Oliver cry by hitting him , pulling his hair , and calling him horrible names . |
| 3 | When she tried to get out of the passenger door , he struck her again and called her more names . ’ |
| 4 | The ancient superstition is that the water gods required a sacrifice to keep them content , and the church later named wells after saints and called them holy wells . |
| 5 | This usually presents as sentimentality and my mother talked to her cactuses with affection and called them sweet names . |
| 6 | Many people I know deplore the digging of these cant quarries and call them ugly eyesores and the rape of the country . |
| 7 | They should bring along a crane and pick the whole thing up with me in it and call it Frozen Communications and put it in some art gallery . |