Example sentences of "not [Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] call " in BNC.
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| 1 | The portents are not what one would call auspicious . |
| 2 | The friend who watched them together recalled : ‘ Camilla was not what one would call a truly beautiful woman . |
| 3 | I it 's not what you would call erm derelict land really . |
| 4 | ‘ The Swiss railway timetable is a masterpiece of typographical design , if not what you could call a rattling good read . |
| 5 | Never er not what you can call swear me dad you know . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , no , not exactly , not what you 'd call proof . |
| 7 | I 'm not what you 'd call the retiring type , and I rarely flinch from a fight when I 'm sure of my own righteousness ; but there is one thing I can not cope with , and that is unprovoked aggression . |
| 8 | Friedman 's early guitar lessons were not what you 'd call fruitful , since his teacher was less than keen on showing Marty his favourite Frehley licks . |
| 9 | ‘ A lot of the time the changes in design are very small — they 're not what you 'd call major fashion changes . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Not what you 'd call a Major Thoroughfare , ’ said William 's nan , who had a sarcastic tongue on her at times . |
| 11 | ‘ Not what you 'd call well placed for the passing trade . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Not what you 'd call a happy man . ’ |
| 13 | Not what you 'd call important . ’ |
| 14 | Like , most of the rapes we get at Easton , they 're not what I 'd call rape at all . |
| 15 | Not what I 'd call escapism anyway . |
| 16 | Jimbob and Fruitbat , although successful and possibly wealthy are , I 'm afraid not what I 'd call guitarists . |
| 17 | K. M. Bribes were n't what you might call rife . |
| 18 | She was n't what you might call strict either , but she knew it would n't be right , that their last chance was to hold on until they were married , so that , however mean and poor it was , their marriage would have that at least to make it special . |
| 19 | But at that time it was n't what you 'd call modern in so far as you had n't got hot water from a sort of gas fir Electric heating . |
| 20 | But there was n't what you 'd call an organized sports group . |
| 21 | I mean the bottles were n't what you 'd call dirty , from having contained medicine or anything like that . |
| 22 | Jonathan was n't what you 'd call a warm man but he was n't a monk either . |
| 23 | Maybe the life we lead is n't what you 'd call exciting , but we care about each other and that 's what counts . ’ |
| 24 | Man Freitag PETER Freitag is n't what you 'd call a loser , of course , simply an habitual bronze medallist . |