Example sentences of "[det] what [pron] [vb mod] call " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , they have been subject to many what one might call ‘ extraordinary audits ’ , which have been concerned with these matters . |
| 2 | The more what we might call trendy or eccentric or showy technique has tended to become in the last few years , the more I have felt I wanted to try and make films with as much simplicity and as much directness as possible . |
| 3 | Well again er I would say conditions were were terrible as far as I was concerned , er a as far as tea breaks and what have you were concerned , you did n't have any what we would call official tea breaks , you simply took your chances and made a cup of tea and hid behind a bulkhead or whatever to drink this , er if you got caught by the foreman or the manager or somebody , then you were more or less bagged on the spot . |
| 4 | No , no I can , I can honestly say that I do n't think there was any , any what you can call rough families as I can remember . |
| 5 | Aye well , there was I was n't aware of any what you 'd call transition . |
| 6 | I shall attempt to demonstrate that a synthesis of positivism and natural law is possible and that what I shall call ‘ normative positivism ’ is consistent with the account of criminal law which I favour . |