Example sentences of "we call [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Here in the west of Ireland , we call him Balor of the Heavy Blows …
2 We call him Jason Daddy . ’
3 Er we call him chipmunk or Trev .
4 We call him Murdoch , he 's our would-be press baron . ’
5 Er we call him weenor
6 We call him Edgar , is
7 This is Anthony — but we call him Tony at home .
8 You can visualise the inputs as coming from an array of photo-electric cells , which we call its retina .
9 We call them scientists ! ’
10 ( That some people lack these impulses is normally grounds for criticism ; we call them sadists , cruel , or , if it is by way of business , then merely hardened . )
11 The nails at the ends of these specialized toes have become large and hard , and we call them hooves .
12 Sea horses are interesting because what happens is , males produce sperm of course , that 's why we call them males of course , females produce eggs of course , that 's why they 're called females .
13 ‘ That 's why we call them donors , ’ he says .
14 I used to go to Orkney for to go and asked for some cardboard boxes only we call them pasteboard boxes .
15 You see one of the thin well they call them reps sorry we call them consultants now .
16 That 's why , when people do n't , we call them heroes and give them medals .
17 We call them words .
18 Then J.J. Thomson showed that these atoms of charge exist ; we call them electrons .
19 Of course … being a Rifle Regiment we call them swords
20 We call them swords . ’
21 Also there are those who are not human at all — we call them aliens .
22 But erm , we call them trousers .
23 It was , we call them squarks
24 Often we do n't like them and when we like them least we call them bureaucracies and feel they are malignant , that they interfere with our freedoms , that they are insensitive to our needs .
25 So we do n't call them what we , we call them Ronnie and Reggie .
26 ‘ That 's why we call them Satan 's Crabs , on this side .
27 We call them Sheets , Ground , Officers for the use of .
28 ‘ She is an inspiration to everyone and such a lethal goal scorer we call her Gary Lineker . ’
29 ‘ She is an inspiration to everyone and such a lethal goal scorer we call her Gary Lineker . ’
30 We call her Mother . ’
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