Example sentences of "[noun] be called [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes account of what the products are called and where they rest . |
| 2 | But it was an elderly shipwright on the beach who explained that all foreigners were called that here , since the only other outsider to have lived in the village was an Englishman named Collins , who , it turned out , had spent many months here during the 1930s . |
| 3 | Later , a friend of Hilton 's called and collected the package saying it was a Christmas present . |
| 4 | Another demonstration was called and when the provincial officials refused negotiations , a group of nearly one hundred students began a hunger strike on 14 October . |
| 5 | An ambulance was called but efforts made to revive her proved unsuccessful . |
| 6 | An ambulance was called and the boy was rushed to hospital . |
| 7 | An ambulance was called and the boys were taken to nearby Whiston Hospital , where they were detained overnight for treatment for the after-effects of the drug . |
| 8 | Fire crews were called when tyres on an articulated tipper truck carrying slag from British Steel 's Redcar blast furnace caught fire early yesterday . |
| 9 | Do any of you know what the law is called that gives you your rights when you buy |
| 10 | When more sophisticated equipment is called for they have often adapted things to suit their own particular needs . |
| 11 | The local cop was called and he was looking for Howie . ’ |
| 12 | The fire finally doused with water , a young doctor across the hall was called and he advised Dustin to go immediately to the hospital . |
| 13 | So , does it matter what the charge is called and who holds power at Westminster ? |
| 14 | In the summer of 1974 a public meeting was called and SMIEP ( the Strone and Maukinhill Informal Education Project ) was established . |
| 15 | It is relatively unimportant what these conditions are called as long as they are characterised by a sufficient number of symptoms of depression to be definable as cases . |
| 16 | Searching for papers can be annoying to the person being called and it wastes time and money . |
| 17 | Since the field of view must be known before the exposure can reasonably be calculated this procedure is called before the best exposure is known . |
| 18 | A taxi was called and Hugo and the children left for Liverpool Street and I was left alone with my own thoughts , in a state of mind I could only describe as lustless . |
| 19 | On 24 January , when Algiers learned of Massu 's fate , a general strike was called and barricades were erected in the streets . |
| 20 | As Seb walked to where he had tied Romni his name was called and he turned to find Anna walking towards him . |
| 21 | On the hearing of the preliminary issue before Robertson J. evidence was called and arguments advanced dealing not only with the compromise issue but also with the cancellation issue . |
| 22 | But this does not relieve courts of the need to decide technical issues arising in litigation : expert witnesses are called and courts are often required to choose between the conflicting testimony of expert witnesses called by opposing parties . |
| 23 | When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed . |
| 24 | Firefighters were called but the two-storey house was destroyed . |
| 25 | Reinforcements were called and 25 police officers had to wade into the crowd to calm the situation . |
| 26 | I buy a packet of Silk Cut and carefully smoke a cigarette — making sure that I 'm actually enjoying it , not just doing it out of habit — while managing to fit in a couple of large and very refreshing G&Ts before the flight 's called and there 's just time for a single knocked-back whisky to provide a bit of nominal support for the Scottish export drive . |
| 27 | At the hospital , a surgeon was called and the boy was taken immediately into the operating theatre . |
| 28 | Eventually , flights are called and business cards are exchanged . |
| 29 | Two players were called as witnesses — Crowe , the non-striker , and Pakistan 's Rameez Raja , who was fielding nearby . |
| 30 | In Turkish sources , however , Cemaleddin 's grandfather 's name is given as Mehmed , not Isa ; he certainly was called Cemaleddin , not Bedreddin , one of his most famous works being called and he was of the ( mezheb ) , not the Hanafi . |