Example sentences of "were called [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Chappies off the shop floor were called up so they gradually less from the factory cos er er er there was less male employees in the factory , they went in the servi so outside uni outside people as had volunteered and got their names down that things got organized , the unit was from all over Bloxwich then .
2 Further protests were called off when the government on June 14 released 50 people arrested during the strike .
3 The Allerton Bywater and Halkon Hunt matches were called off because of the ice as was the Doncaster event on the Idle where the river was frozen bank to bank .
4 The Daiwa League and Walton Opens on the Trent at Muskham were called off because of dangerous bankside conditions , as was the van den Eynde event at Long Eaton .
5 Emergency services , fell search and rescue teams and RAF and Royal Navy helicopters were called in after a driver reported seeing a light aircraft flying just feet above his vehicle in the area between Consett and the Derwent Reservoir .
6 Officers from the child protection team and social services were called in after the girl turned to an elderly neighbour for help , Scotland Yard said .
7 Bomb disposal specialists were called in after the package was found at New St Andrews House , the Scottish Office building near the busy St James shopping centre .
8 Earlier this morning Home Office forensic experts were called in as the police believed they may be dealing with a murder investigation .
9 The police were called in as fighting broke out in the crowd between the rival sets of supporters .
10 But within hours , police were called in when a row between the couple got out of hand .
11 And when jittery quarterback Stan Gelbaugh did get his offense moving , too often big plays were called back because of Monarchs holding penalties .
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