Example sentences of "called [adv] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever happens , Tendulkar is no doubt resting easily at night safe in the knowledge that Geoffrey Boycott has already emerged as a sort of godfather figure , willing to be called on to help at any time , to be party to any photo opportunity that may be at hand . |
| 2 | The New Yorker of November 24th lamented that the NSC would not reveal even the age or the precise employment of this man , ‘ who seems to be called on to act as a secret surrogate for something like the entire United States government ’ . |
| 3 | I found my father talking to some of them ; he had been called on to act as an interpreter . |
| 4 | Gavin was called on to act as press liaison officer . |
| 5 | After the strike , however , they were called on to return to their ‘ service role ’ for the miners , and they faced difficulties sustaining both their solidarity and their ability to build on their new-found strength ( see also Waddington et al. , 1990 ) . |
| 6 | I make no secret of my gratitude for being a member of a fortunate generation who have not been called on to fight in Europe . |
| 7 | In any case , I 've never been called on to deal with anything like this before . |
| 8 | Fellow-feeling between Athens and Corinth , occasioned by Megara , is traceable as far back as the time of the Cypselid tyrant of Corinth , Periander : called on to arbitrate between Athens and Lesbos over the possession of Sigeion on the Hellespont , he awarded it to Athens . |
| 9 | The Government is being called on to draft in extra staff at a top security jail where violence against prison officers is escalating . |