Example sentences of "[pron] called the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time someone called the police the street boasted red descriptions of every aspect of straight sex along with some more arcane terms such as ‘ fellatio ’ , ‘ cunnilingus ’ and ‘ onanism ’ . |
| 2 | So according to the letter someone called The Guv'nor did it himself . ’ |
| 3 | I called the local council who told me the wasps were best left until the end of the season when they would follow their queen and find somewhere else to live . |
| 4 | The singleness of this truth is what I called the marriage of the Drunks project and the ‘ Confession ’ project in Crime and Punishment . |
| 5 | ‘ When I got home I called the NRA freephone pollution number and I was told it was too dark and cold for anyone to go down and somebody would be there first thing in the morning . |
| 6 | ‘ I called the NRA and they sent someone down to soak up the oil from the surface with sheets of foam . |
| 7 | I called the police and was then told I was not required to work there any longer . |
| 8 | I called the waitress over and told her : ‘ This plate seems to have some of yesterday 's fish-pie on it . ’ |
| 9 | Members of all-male groups maintain a regular monitoring of harems through a system of challenges I called the ‘ yelping chase ’ . |
| 10 | He took the opportunity of his first book after leaving No. 10 to state , ‘ I was not exaggerating when I called the 1974 Cabinet the most experienced and talented Cabinet this century , transcending even the Campbell-Bannerman Administration of 1905 . ’ |
| 11 | I called the talk ‘ North to Eldorado ’ , for some reason , and it was well received . |
| 12 | Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat . |
| 13 | All I knew was that my life was intolerable and that the only way not to be destroyed by it , or by ‘ them ’ as I called the adult , authoritative world , was to reject them and everything they stood for . |
| 14 | Mike Banks , the Walsall fan who reported Lewis , said : ‘ I called the referee a bloody disgrace . |
| 15 | When I called the police , they instructed me to write down everything the caller had said . |
| 16 | You may be wondering why I called the various machines by masculine names . |
| 17 | His daughter Liz , 53 , added : ‘ I called the police last Wednesday week because it was so bad . |
| 18 | Eventually I called the police and they broke down the door . |
| 19 | In this area there is an important connection , which I mentioned before , between what I called the normative and the explanatory interest . |
| 20 | ‘ I expect you 'll think it was a colossal cheek , but I called the Norwich HQ to get your address . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ As soon as he 'd gone that was when I called the police . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know where to begin looking for Mike so I called the police and they put me on to you . |
| 23 | I called the Globe and asked for Connors . |
| 24 | I did n't see no harm in getting paid twice for my trouble , so I called the other number . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Like I said , I called the number . |
| 26 | The night nurse gave the alarm and as soon as I was notified , I called the police . |
| 27 | I called the dogs and they crowded behind me into the morning room , clip-clipping to their place with the chewed blanket and the bones . |
| 28 | At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years . |
| 29 | I called the police , as well , ’ he explained . |
| 30 | I called the number the chief inspector gave me , I felt sure … |