Example sentences of "n't call [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We have a management plan now - and we have n't called it that before .
2 ‘ I would n't call myself desperate . ’
3 If they do n't call them all in pretty fast , there 'll be more of them up there .
4 Yeah they do n't call them other than beige and white and .
5 So you 've got relatives that are there are , there are distant relative , they 're still related to you , you would n't call them one of your family because th the relationship is so distant .
6 ‘ No , I would n't call them traditional . ’
7 Could n't call them classy , but they are up there also …
8 Every so often they 'll need to diet again , but you would n't call them fat , and you certainly would n't call them losers .
9 Early middle age , and not too badly off although you would n't call him rich , either .
10 We do n't call him that , at least never to his face .
11 ‘ I wish you would n't call him that .
12 ‘ I do n't call him polite ; in a pig 's ear I do n't . ’
13 He 's not no he 's not gen he 's not , I would n't call him genuine but he 's not two faced , if he does n't like you he tells you it does n't he ?
14 But Prince Charles talks to his plants and you would n't call him mad !
15 There 's Robin Smith , who 's moved a little straighter in fact , you ca n't call him silly point now , he 's more of a silly mid-off , on that 's sort of line , and he 's about three yards on bat , two men out , deep on the leg side , there 's tough on the who 's hoisted that one away on the leg side , I think that could well be safe for , who 's chasing wicket , two bounce it 's over the rope , and four more runs to , he 's kept up his one hundred per cent boundary rate , moves on to twenty , five fours , and it , again , his eye very much on that short leg side boundary and Tufnell and Gooch they 're having further consultations and that leg side field being adjusted again .
16 And it 's more than er , and you can certainly do a better job than the Carlton so I mean , you do n't call , I mean , you do n't call him any competition at all I do n't but , you 've got to look at being able to do functions for two hundred .
17 They do n't call her part-time Shirley for nothing you know !
18 You wo n't call her peaceful then ! ’
19 ‘ Do n't call me daft ! ’ she said , but she was a travesty of her usual bossy self .
20 ‘ Do n't call me that , Elsie , I 'm not a brothel-keeper . ’
21 ’ Do n't call me that . ' !
22 ‘ Do n't call me that , you great jerk , ’ said Perdita , hammering her fists against his chest , which was as hard as the ground outside .
23 ‘ She do n't call me that .
24 ‘ Do n't call me that .
25 For the first time a sensation pierced the numbness and it caused Joe 's body to jerk and send a message to his brain that created the desire to shout , ‘ Do n't call me that , because I 'm not a sir .
26 ‘ I wish you would n't call me that . ’
27 Do n't call me that , " he said with a flinch .
28 ‘ Do n't call me that . ’
29 ‘ Do n't call me that , ’ she said crossly , aware that she was becoming side-tracked .
30 " Do n't call me that , you know I hate it . "
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