Example sentences of "[noun prp] called him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father was president of his own securities corporation , an East Coast patrician — ; ‘ a Mammonite , ’ Edward called him — ‘ a man whose feelings have been arrested by money , power , the dead hand of his ancestors . |
| 2 | Rakovsky called him Little Father and Ivan called him son . |
| 3 | Old Testament morality , wreaking vengeance on the political establishment , was displaced by imagery of ‘ the perfect man ’ , as Dean Inge of St Pauls called him , whose overriding concern was with ‘ his ’ duties to the state . |
| 4 | Sylvie called him back , smiled with wide curling lips , asked him to describe his days . |
| 5 | That Billy Quirk , as Preston 's Auntie Ethel called him , a child too advanced for his years . |
| 6 | Anabelle called him back . |
| 7 | Carol called him again and he called back that he would n't be long . |
| 8 | Most Eurocoinmunists are also instrumentalists , and their arguments go back to those of ‘ the renegade Kautsky ’ ( as Lenin called him ) . |
| 9 | At first General Powell called him General Noriega then , after some consideration , changed it to Mr Noriega . |
| 10 | Butler has refused to discuss his run-in , other than to reveal Ditka called him ‘ gutless ’ and ‘ mentally weak , the worst kicker in the league . ’ |
| 11 | Ellen Wilkinson called him ‘ The Sheikh … not the nice kind man who rescues the girl at the point of torture but the one who hisses , ‘ At last … we meet ! ’ ’ |
| 12 | The ‘ impertinent Pozsgay ’ , as party leader Janos Kadar called him , was made boss of the party 's powerless umbrella body , the Patriotic People 's Front , in 1982 . |
| 13 | The end of the spy story reached Coleridge from the innkeeper of the Globe , who had been ordered to Brymore by Sir Philip Hales ( ’ Sir Dogberry ’ as Coleridge called him ) to give evidence in person . |
| 14 | Marc was about to go after him , but Sarella called him back . |
| 15 | When Martin Parr called him , at breakfast , he covered his surprise at being asked , and revealed that yes indeed , Jessica had got her own wee Taig — although he had to add , when pressed , that it was not known yet if it was more than an acquaintanceship or a flirtation . |
| 16 | He had made no more than half a dozen strides towards the heart of the encampment when Owen called him back suddenly , in a sharp , changed voice ; and when he looked back in surprise : |
| 17 | Bob Dylan called him ‘ America 's greatest poet ’ and Smokey 's mischievous couplets and metaphors have never been lacking in ingenuity . |
| 18 | MAN IN THE MIDDLE : Bryan with the little princesses at the villa where Eugenie called him Daddy |
| 19 | It is difficult to understand why Clemens Alexandrinus called him a Peripatetic ( Strom. 1.72.4 ) , but perhaps the important point is that he was assigned to a philosophic school at all , because this was quite unusual for a Jew of the second century B.C. Aristobulus quoted Greek writers — authentic or forged — to support the truth of the Bible and the dependence of the Greeks on Jewish wisdom . |
| 20 | You remember Peter when he was , er , totally different context , but the lesson is the same , when he was when Jesus called him to walk on the water and he starts walking , and then , he looks around and for what e , for whatever reason he starts sinking , the moment he calls out help Jesus reaches out and lifts him back him rescues him . |
| 21 | Umpire Frank Lee called him on 11 occasions for throwing in England 's only innings and , after the home side had wrapped up the game early , he was again called , in the exhibition match which followed , by the other umpire , Syd Buller , and was forced to complete his only over underarm . |
| 22 | Jezrael called him shook him savagely , but he only flopped , a limp thing . |
| 23 | ‘ Chicken , ’ William called him , ‘ big chicken , ’ and went on alone , up behind the Turk 's Head where the lights were on . |
| 24 | But when Mr James Dillingham Young came home to his rooms , Mrs James Dillingham Young called him ‘ Jim ’ and put her arms round him . |
| 25 | Grégoire called him ‘ uncle ’ , at his request , which caused great gossip in Paris , but Edouard did not care . |
| 26 | Then Joe called him to the railings and handed him sixpence . |
| 27 | As Boswell began to move off , Johnson called him back heatedly . |
| 28 | He turned , making to leave , but Li Yuan called him back . |
| 29 | He flitted about on this machine ( which obsessed him ) wearing a helmet and goggles so that Gabriel called him The Invisible Man . |
| 30 | Fisher called him Michael , Ramsey did not yet dare to call Fisher Geoffrey . |