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 . ’ |