Example sentences of "calling [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The other boys keep calling me a big cissy , ’ sobbed John , ‘ and hitting me ! ’ |
2 | ‘ He screamed at me , calling me an evil bitch who had tried to trap him ’ |
3 | He screamed at me , calling me an evil bitch who had tried to entrap him . |
4 | Colquhoun tormented Barnsley with his pace and skill and last night admitted : ‘ It hurts when you hear people calling you a bad buy . |
5 | At least he 'd stopped calling her an English pig . |
6 | And when she 's off on the piste she 'll doubtless miss the Press lads following her around calling her an idle good-for-nothing . |
7 | Whether Boswell means this sincerely , or as sleight-of-hand to deflect people from calling him a mere snob , must be measured against the remarkable and immortal results of his association with the one man who allowed him to share his company relentlessly . |
8 | Adam said he did n't , he meant myopotamus , which in turn meant coypu that were presumably now in the process of being exterminated , whereupon Mary burst into shouts of anger and distress , calling him a cruel beast and an enemy of ecology . |
9 | For years father had been nagging away at him to take some interest and prove he had the Miletti flair , yet as soon as he tried to show a bit of initiative everyone got on their high horse about it , father especially , calling him a worthless junkie and I do n't what else besides . |
10 | As Professor Housman used to say , ‘ Stand on a barrel in the streets of Baghdad and say twice two are four and ginger is hot in the mouth and therefore Mohammed is the prophet of God , and it is unlikely that anyone would question your reasoning ; but if he should be bold enough to do so , you could easily silence him by calling him a Christian dog . ’ |
11 | calling him a wretched amateur . |
12 | While other newspapers were wrongly calling it a second honeymoon , TODAY revealed that virtually the only time the couple acknowledged each other was when Diana intercepted a phone call from Charles to Mrs Parker-Bowles and a screaming row erupted . |
13 | The USA had constantly insisted that the Krasnoyarsk radar station should be dismantled , calling it a major obstacle to the conclusion of a START treaty , and had rejected as inadequate a Soviet decision on Oct. 27 , 1988 , to turn the complex over to the Soviet Academy of Sciences for civilian use . |
14 | Cupertino , California 's Globetrotter Software Inc , creators of Flexlm , the network license manager , last week introduced GlobeSupport , a remote support software aimed at software developers , calling it a new product category . |
15 | Thank you for calling us a perfect example . |