Example sentences of "call [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then . |
| 2 | So , so are the kind of reasons why Moscavisi calls them the black books . |
| 3 | ‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh . |
| 4 | Erm , my mother calls me the eternal student because I tell her that there 's absolutely no way I 'm gon na look for full time employment ! |
| 5 | He and Mallachy , between themselves , called her the Wee Green Patriot , but steered clear of all argument on the subject . |
| 6 | Some critics called him the new Tennyson , and he had a collection of unpublished works with him on the plane which crashed into a mountain , just eight miles from Kathmandu . |
| 7 | First on the scene , a showy horse , a Palomino — the locals called it the cardboard horse . |
| 8 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
| 9 | We have looked upon it almost as convertible with thought , of which we have called it the very stuff and process . |
| 10 | The called it the Silly Women Running Idle , but that was just for fun . |
| 11 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
| 12 | The Thrills Nerve Centre has now been ‘ computer-ed up ’ for the '90s and that is precisely why they 're all calling it The Hi-Tech Capital Of Satire . |
| 13 | Moreover , they choose to disregard the ordinary law governing the transfer of title , calling it the civil law , as if to contrast it with the criminal law and thus render it surplus to requirements . |
| 14 | She calls it the magic flannel and says : ‘ Mummy you 'll be fine . |
| 15 | ‘ They have n't called us the United Nations team yet , but after Tuesday I think they might , ’ admits captain Michael Patton . |
| 16 | We called them The Big Ones . |
| 17 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 18 | They actually called me the green-eyed monster . |
| 19 | And then — she called me the Lost Prince , but supposing there is another Lost Prince ? |
| 20 | ‘ Kenny called me the other week to congratulate me the day after I broke Roger Hunt 's club scoring record at Manchester United . |
| 21 | But Michael called me the other day to say : ‘ I was n't getting anywhere until you contacted the insurance company and my agents . |
| 22 | What we have here is one jet-black copy of a Lennon-style Rickenbacker 325 ( dubbed the RK-32B , ho ho ) and one red sunburst-finished copy of Townshend 's fave battleaxe the 330 , the Encore RK-33R ( I think we 'll call them the red one and the black one ) . |
| 23 | I said well , why do n't you call me the proper name , is it a ? |
| 24 | ‘ Okay , ’ said Bob affable , from now on I 'll call you the old tart . ’ |
| 25 | I called you the Bony Lady . |
| 26 | Those who liked the Prince called him Slender Billy , while his detractors called him the Young Frog . |
| 27 | He flitted about on this machine ( which obsessed him ) wearing a helmet and goggles so that Gabriel called him The Invisible Man . |
| 28 | But they called him the un-canny Scot . |
| 29 | They called him the One-Eyed Guest and Elisabeth recalled how , when she was young , the peasants never harvested a field without putting out a sheaf for Odin 's horse . |
| 30 | All the same it was hard to restrain her pleasure when he called her the following evening . |