Example sentences of "he [vb mod] to call " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drive — perhaps that was what he ought to call it ? — which Gemma may well have inherited in abundance . |
| 2 | He used to call for me to go to school , and that could be an eventful journey because the way led through the Sayers ' farm at West New Houses , and they kept a flock of geese and a bull . |
| 3 | It was a cold and damp winter , but he recovered slowly and indeed seemed cheerful ; he sat beside the open coal fire in the drawingroom and would sometimes sing music-hall ditties as his wife ministered to him — " coddling " , he used to call it . |
| 4 | He used to call on two of two boys , but there was a boy named , I remember him very well , and I used to do it regularly for this sixpence . |
| 5 | Three-dimensional temples of knowledge , he used to call them . ’ |
| 6 | He used to call here sometimes in spring and we would have the utmost difficulty in keeping his seraglio out of the house . |
| 7 | ‘ Dilke 's Drag ’ he used to call it . ’ |
| 8 | He used to call at her home most evenings and if she was out of London he 'd always telephone . |
| 9 | He used to call it Larry . |
| 10 | He used to call him Sir Roger ’ |
| 11 | The Saint , who lives in Wirral , loves going to watch the side he used to call his ‘ Friday night favourites ’ on ITV 's Saint and Greavsie . |