Example sentences of "what we [modal v] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like what we would call a part , but they called them foys |
| 2 | Sensitivity to the forces lying beneath the surface , seeing subtle connections between parts of the landscape that seem separate to us , would lead them inevitably to what we would call a form of astrology . |
| 3 | Then we had to then fiddle about and get the chain up with a big pole and heave that up and we always knew that if a dumb hopper come back and they 'd what we used to call they 'd lost a door , one of the doors used to break , used to be about I would say erm eight doors in the hold , separate doors and if one of them broke they 'd fiddle about with a big , what we would call a pole with a hook on trying to get hold of the chain and we 'd see that there pole sticking up out of the hold , we knew they lost a door so what they used to do they used to leave with the dredger and we 'd finish that off before we load it , had to . |
| 4 | Since many associates who were not blood relations often assumed the surname but between them could muster only a limited number of Christian names , confusion was avoided by the bestowal of what we might call a nickname , or what has been more justly described as a ‘ toname ’ . |
| 5 | Thus he slices through the old argument between ‘ formalism ’ and ‘ realism ’ by inserting what we may call a notion of intervention . |
| 6 | Well I think what we 'll have a look at is this er , mi migration essay . |