Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] calling for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minutes later Ross was calling for the manageress of the designer-wear department — and imperiously stating his requirements . |
| 2 | In Britain , by the 1890s the TUC was calling for the nationalization of the ‘ whole of the means of production , distribution and exchange ’ ( Weiner 1960 : 4 ) . |
| 3 | Fortunately she had no time to find the answer , as Mr Pumblechook was calling for a hot rum to remove the taste of the medicine . |
| 4 | The exiled Leon Trotsky was calling for the overthrow of Stalin , then engaged in his most murderous of purges . |
| 5 | By January 1990 the FDP was calling for a reduction to 350,000 personnel and a reduction in conscription to 12 months . |
| 6 | In the office beyond the grille , Mr Saleb was calling for the book . |