Example sentences of "[been] called a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who 's been called a reincarnation of the legendary James Deans sighs and admits : |
| 2 | I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’ |
| 3 | This project has been called a DIY design as it is open to certain modifications to suit particular whims . |
| 4 | I may have been called a pillock and a dickhead , but no one asked why I had tried to brain my companion . |
| 5 | The house itself had one big comfortable room taking up the front with a glassed-in porch that caught the sun , and would have been called a conservatory in a grander house . |
| 6 | One hundred year ago Prof Peabody might well have been equally indignant had she been called a scientist , and would have said ( as did Faraday and Kelvin ) ‘ I prefer to be called a natural philosopher ’ . |
| 7 | The map of the London Underground , which can be seen inside every train , on all stations , on the back of the London A-Z guide , on tea-cloths on sale at the London Transport Museum , on posters , in diaries and in sundry other places , has been called a model of its kind , a work of art . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never been called a carpenter before , ’ he mused , ‘ but I suppose there 's something in the description . |
| 9 | In 1992 its been called a disgrace , even a ghetto . |
| 10 | The manor house at Cosmeston has traditionally been called a castle , but it may not have been so extensively fortified as to warrant this name . |
| 11 | Bletchley Park has been called a menagerie , and in the variety and eccentricity of its inhabitants , so it was . |
| 12 | Moyer has often been called a Baptist , since he associated closely with such prominent Baptists as William Kiffin [ q.v. ] and Josiah Berners . |
| 13 | For some reason not clear to me a theory has developed and is reflected in many decided cases to the effect that where the architect has agreed or is required to act fairly he becomes what has often been called a quasi-arbitrator … |
| 14 | The decision has been called a whitewash of the Vichy regime . |
| 15 | He could well have been called a victim , and his book consigns itself , as Fraser 's does , to that large literature in which the sufferings of victims are recounted : but he does not see himself as a romantic orphan . |
| 16 | ‘ He 'd been called a wop and I was called a coon . |
| 17 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |