Example sentences of "called [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was cracking those damn peppermints in her back teeth to disguise the fact she 'd called in at the Oyster Bar on her way up . ’ |
| 2 | It all started early this morning , when a rather anxious mum called in at the office . |
| 3 | She had called in at the office once since she left and had been greeted with pleasure . |
| 4 | Nerina called in at the office to see her mother . |
| 5 | Problems started when a developer for the hotel could not be found , and Mr Graham was called in at the behest of the main creditor , the Bank of Scotland . |
| 6 | The receivers were called in at the Broadgate developer and the shares suspended at 7¼p , but the FT-SE 100 Index shook off the crisis and climbed to a new peak , up 18 points at 2778.8 . |
| 7 | They strolled back home down the tunnelled lane and called in at the Littles ' cottage and the Vicarage on the way . |
| 8 | Now , on Saturday morning , she thumped on the cottage door and at the same time leaned back from her ample waist and called up at the casement window . |
| 9 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
| 10 | Well what does that mean then are you likely to get called out at the middle of the night ? |
| 11 | I had called round at the house early in the week to check on how things had gone over the weekend . |