Example sentences of "[pers pn] call the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I call the police and describe the sounds of the fighting going on above my head . |
| 2 | The overt expression of that passivity and self-condemnation is that a whole range of the voices of public opinion are on the side of what you and I call the criminals . |
| 3 | What I call the ‘ auditory imagination ’ is the feeling for syllable and rhythm , penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling , invigorating every word ; sinking to the most primitive and forgotten , returning to the origin and bringing something back , seeking the beginning and the end . |
| 4 | I call the subject ‘ Jesus — our pioneer ’ because that seems to sum up the thrust of the idea . |
| 5 | AT 1.15 I call the AA to ask can I borrow a patrolman for the afternoon , and at 1.45 he 's at the door with sewn-in trouser creases and a shiny van , packed tight as an egg with tools and spares . |
| 6 | During what I call the period of uneasy peace , 1983–84 , Mr Heinz expected all options to be examined and costed in detail . |
| 7 | I call the shots , possum , and I think that 's how the public like it . ’ |
| 8 | The instrument with which we shall purge our minds is the idea that I call the extended phenotype . |
| 9 | We face what I call the conservationist fallacy in much of our debate between animal welfare people and environmentalists . |
| 10 | On occasion there is n't sufficient water available from the stream or the rainwater tub , and I have to go down to the reservoir , which I call the Mississippi , to rinse the washing . |
| 11 | ‘ If I need anything , ma'am , I call the inspector . |
| 12 | The issues we are facing in the present crisis of faith touch on what I call the Square One Principle . |
| 13 | The best time for this ‘ homework ’ to be done is in what I call the twilight time at night — that period when he is in bed and drowsy but not yet asleep . |
| 14 | I call the first row a zig-zag row as the yarn must zig-zag between the beds , that is , go from one needle on the main bed , to one on the ribber , to one on the main and so on . |
| 15 | However , there is a danger here of what I call the definitional fallacy , that is a tendency to seek to present the law as if everything was completely cut and dried , whereas such ‘ defences ’ may be better understood as ‘ excuses ’ the primary function of which , from a ( negative ) utilitarian point of view , is simply to minimize the amount of punishment actually imposed without jeopardizing the credibility of the general system of threat through which , arguably , criminal law realizes its prescriptive function . |
| 16 | My next film deals with what I call the private war between Africa-American males and females and it 's a romance . |
| 17 | In addition , men often insisted on the " heavy " side of all these processes : asked to define the finishing processes , one employer 's representative listed " making up into pages and locking it up in the chase , which involves manual heavy labour , lifting and things of that kind — pulling proofs and what I call the heavier labour " . |
| 18 | They eliminate what I call the " instinct " reporter , who perhaps can not pass exams but who is still street-wise , intelligent and eager . |
| 19 | Notwithstanding there being thirteen people round the table I do not propose to wash any feet and I call the meeting to a close . |
| 20 | So , as I say , that 's what I call the erm negative side of the Engineering Council whereby , we 've still got problems with trying to er coordinate the institutions . |
| 21 | I must admit , some of you probably were brought up on Meccano , and certainly not in the mo mo more sophisticated technology we 've got at the moment , but the point is , a lot of these have n't really seen this part of what I call the basic technology itself and er , it was interesting because we were trying to build up some kind of game for their summer fair and the game was quite obviously er , you know er propel a ping-pong into a er series of slots with er , bit like bingo to a certain extent , where you can actually er give prizes for the various holes you could actually penetrate and things like that . |
| 22 | And as I say , you ca n't really beat what I call the basic training apprenticeships which you 're to come through . |
| 23 | And that is when I , when I call the register for the purposes of me assessments and things I need to know your particular course tutor . |
| 24 | And they , of course , fuel the form of crime fiction that attempts to do something more than indulge in a contest with the reader — the books I call the detective novel and the crime novel . |
| 25 | You can instead tell your tale from what I call the " angel over the shoulder " point of view . |
| 26 | Remember that what your reader wants is not all the facts that a real-life situation would involve but only what I call the " fiction-facts ' , those pieces of information that are necessary not for the situation in the real world you might be describing but for the story you are telling . |
| 27 | This result in what I call the Ami Prosyndrome . |
| 28 | " Be off , before I call the constables ! " |
| 29 | Less fortunately , that particular hatchway gives access to the loft of the northeast transept , the place I call the Wild Wood . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's what I call the devil now , ’ explained Lydia recalling herself to the conversation . |