Example sentences of "called it the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First on the scene , a showy horse , a Palomino — the locals called it the cardboard horse . |
| 2 | The American golf historian Herb Warren Wind has called it the greatest bunker shot in all championship play . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | We have looked upon it almost as convertible with thought , of which we have called it the very stuff and process . |
| 5 | The called it the Silly Women Running Idle , but that was just for fun . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |