Example sentences of "[be] called in " in BNC.
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| 1 | David White and Andy Hinchcliffe of Manchester City and Ipswich 's Jason Dozzell have been called in . |
| 2 | Gallaghers bought the club for £1.25million in 1986 after the receiver had been called in . |
| 3 | The federal army has been called in to act as a buffer in areas of high tension . |
| 4 | When she heard how a new doctor had been called in , all the familiar names having left Florence previously thinking it was to be plunged into war , she felt indignant — why was she not called in , she who knew more about Mrs Browning 's illnesses than any other person ? |
| 5 | Perhaps the most entertaining tale came late afternoon , with anonymous telephone calls stating that a nosey employee of Marks & Spencer ( down 1 at 329p ) having been called in to deputy chairman Clinton Silver 's office , saw a piece of paper suggesting the retailer was set to bid the debt-laden supermarket group , Asda ( off ½ at 31p ) . |
| 6 | During my own research into sea dumping at the time , I was told that in 1976 a team from the Atomic Energy Authority had been called in to decontaminate the Topaz , a ship used to dump Belgian waste , after the wrong type of drum container had been used . |
| 7 | By undertaking extravagant adventures aimed at preserving lives which have clearly been called in by the Great Reaper , doctors are not serving the best interests of their clients , which is I take it , their first duty . |
| 8 | If you have been called in , you will be asked to do an individual show . |
| 9 | ‘ The police have been called in to investigate 100 complaints from electors who were denied their votes … |
| 10 | Raymond Starr , Director of Child Care and Family Services , confirmed that his agency had been called in because Orkney Islands Council did not have the resources to deal with a case of this kind . |
| 11 | MARINE commandos have been called in to stop a band of poachers preying on England 's last wild herd of red deer . |
| 12 | The official receiver has been called in to work out how much the firm , which folded last year , owed . |
| 13 | He would look at Harry , the picture of health and happiness and , while marvelling at his steady uncomplicated progress , suddenly think of the child 's mother , a travesty of the woman he had once known , suffering , it would seem , from chronic post-natal depression , so much so that , on Winifred Shalcross 's advice , a second specialist had been called in . |
| 14 | The second specialist who had been called in — a man by the name of Adams — had assured Brian that his wife would recover in time , but he did not share his optimism . |
| 15 | Hays had been called in to clean up Hollywood following the wave of scandals which began when Roscoe ‘ Fatty ’ Arbuckle was tried for rape and manslaughter , and continued with the murder of William Desmond Taylor . |
| 16 | MI6 , Scotland Yard and the FBI had been called in to hunt for the shadowy Surrey-born spy . |
| 17 | THE FBI has been called in to investigate the deaths of British spy Ian Spiro and his family . |
| 18 | As we shall discuss later , David Norman , head of Russell Reynolds in 1980 , was responsible — helped by international teamwork — for finding Sir Ian McGregor for British Steel , the first time in Britain that headhunters had been called in to find a new boss for a nationalised industry . |
| 19 | Russell Reynolds had been called in on occasion , and a smaller firm — seen as a very good specialist — for specific assignments in commodity finance . |
| 20 | At first the ideas appeared as rumours and reports : that , although it had not yet been announced , the US had already taken steps to halt the fighting ; that , in Washington , ambassador Bonnet had been called in and told that a settlement was imperative ; that if the matter was brought up in the UN the US would not necessarily support France ; that the US wished to ensure that no Lend-Lease weapons were being used ‘ to suppress Vietnam — although it was suspected they were ; and that the head of Southeast Asian Affairs at the State Department ( Mr A.L. |
| 21 | His half-brother had been called in to act as best man in place of his real brother who had vanished to Spain . |
| 22 | Patrick had been called in when the man had threatened his team with a baseball bat . |
| 23 | They 've taken his dabs and examined the mallet , but we left it at that when we knew the Yard had been called in and you were on your way . |
| 24 | In spite of the charter having been called in and the old Puritan ruling party apparently crushed , he rapidly attained considerable influence , as was sourly noted by the ardently imperialistic customs official , Edward Randolph [ q.v . ] . |
| 25 | Indeed , Glenure 's relationship with the Camerons of Callart and of Lochiel was more fraught , troops having been called in to collect rents and effect evictions while he factored these forfeited estates . |
| 26 | You mentioned that an application in Montgomeryshire had been called in . |
| 27 | However , we were told an application for a house in the open countryside in Montgomeryshire had just been called in . |
| 28 | Redpath had been called in because the body on the mud had been reported by P.C. Clifford from a land-based patrol car , but whether it was properly a land or a river matter was a moot point . |
| 29 | I am an accountant , I have been called in by the bank , and my duty is to the bank . |
| 30 | A twenty year old man has been called in for a chat with an inspector . |