Example sentences of "[was/were] called [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police were called in to the border guard 's home in the town of Lod as hundreds of Jews gathered demanding vengeance against Arabs . |
| 2 | Two engines from Weeley and Clacton were called out to the reported barn fire just before 8 pm , but they soon realised they would need reinforcements , including the rescue tender from Colchester . |
| 3 | It was n't until the ninth week that orders finally came through and they were called back to the man-made square . |
| 4 | Spurs have called reserve team striker John Hendry into the squad , plus Nicky Barmby , who was called up to the England Under-21 squad this week . |
| 5 | So bad that Noreen was called in to the Stage Manager 's office one morning . |
| 6 | The company that had previously tried to fix the pool had finally given up , so Enterprise was called in to the rescue . |
| 7 | In these uncertain and troubled circumstances he was called back to the one thing outside his faith in which he could place his trust . |
| 8 | It happened that I was called back to the farm on the following Thursday to " cleanse " a cow and was in the byre when Dodson the drover called to pick up Blossom . |
| 9 | This delayed the Whole patrol for two hours whilst the unfortunate driver was flown to the Field Hospital in a Gazelle helicopter which was called out to the scene , and a REME team drove out to repair the Land-Rover . |
| 10 | Halfway through the third telling , Pascoe was called out to the phone . |