Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] to [be] called the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to be called the ‘ self-build movement ’ , and the wearing of beards and open-toed sandals was close to compulsory . |
| 2 | They used call the it used to be called the attic you see in them days . |
| 3 | They used to have er a a what you call a front room , and then we used to call it the kitchen and then the other place where you wash your pots and the sink in and everything in , it used to be called the scullery in them days . |
| 4 | Well it used to be er one road used to be called Meadow Flats , and then you go a little way down another road and it used to be called the bottoms . |
| 5 | And underneath this archway you used to have meat stalls and fish stalls and it used to be called the shambles . |
| 6 | It used to be called the Great Western railway , which was built in the 1830s under the guidance of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel . |