Example sentences of "call [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’ |
2 | Tickets can be booked by telephone on ( 0723 ) 370541 — or ( 0723 ) 378863 for Access and Visa bookings — by post , or personally if you call in at the theatre , and must be paid for within three days of booking . |
3 | When I call in at the station , the sergeant says , ‘ Great George Street — riot on ’ . |
4 | If you are not yet a NatWest customer but would like a loan simply fill in the application form and call in at the branch of your choice where the staff will be pleased to discuss your needs . |
5 | If you wish to discuss your financial needs just ask for your consultant next time you call in at the branch . |
6 | She would come back to camp after a day off , call in at the office to see what was going on , and if we were all running around like headless chickens , snowed under with miles of paper from the teleprinter , and an irate Wing CO was tearing his hair out because the visibility had suddenly slumped from three miles to fifty yards and all his boys were up there somewhere running out of fuel , Rosemary would calmly take over the plotting while one of us rushed out to the screen to read the instruments , or go into the screaming teleprinter to shut off the insistent ear-piercing bell which was reminding everybody within hearing that we were late in sending in the hourly observation . |
7 | ‘ Charlie , yer best call in at the police station on yer way to work tomorrer mornin' . ’ |
8 | Call in at the bank , yeah . |
9 | Oh yes er I think somebody kept it around father 's day , a chap named , but it was a beautiful old place and he always , because my father always used to erm start off about seven o'clock in the morning to walk down to Walkers and er call in at the White Hart because they were open at six o'clock in the morning , for a rum and coffee for about tuppence or thruppence , then he always used to er go to his mother 's for his breakfast and er he used to go down and see all the men start off and then , then slip over to his mother 's , she lived on the Road and er she , for years and years this went on that he had his break he never had his breakfast at home he 'd start off going down there and come back to his mother 's , but he always stopped at the White Hart for his rum and coffee |
10 | She had arranged to lunch with friends at the Lion d'Or at Cologny and call in to the clinic afterwards to see one or two patients . |
11 | After the tour , call in to the factory shop . |
12 | I call desperately into the darkness again . |
13 | As I walk through Mountain Ash on my way to my Saturday surgery , people call out on the street . |
14 | Scots names call out from the street signs and garden gates . |
15 | Relatives call round to the Starke 's Halewood home for a traditional Sunday roast and then it 's time to plough through a big bundle of Sunday newspapers before a late afternoon nap . |
16 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |