Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [was/were] call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | from Northern Ireland there 's big Billy Hamilton … he 's an old Oxford favourite … the fans were calling for him on saturday … he 's done well with Distillery … |
| 2 | from Northern Ireland there 's big Billy Hamilton … he 's an old Oxford favourite … the fans were calling for him on saturday … he 's done well with Distillery … |
| 3 | For practical reasons , the subjects of these articles are not normally kept at the average stockists , but they are available , so some research into the lists was called for . |
| 4 | A return to relationship banking , particularly longer-term relationships , in a time of great changes for the banks was called for by Sir Jeremy Morse KCMG , FCIB , in his address . |
| 5 | The demonstrators were calling for the resumption of the National Conference , suspended by the government in January , which had been set up by more than 130 political parties to review and undertake reform on Zaire 's one-party political system . |
| 6 | As the schoolchildren learnt there would no school for a week , the police were calling for help in their search for the aronsists . |
| 7 | The students were calling for the restoration of school buildings damaged during the 1976 earthquake in Guatemala and a subsequent tremor in May 1988 . |