Example sentences of "he be called [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Bush makes a campaign television commercial about crime , but it features a black criminal , so he is called racist . |
| 2 | He is called Magister in the manuscripts , a title reserved for doctors of theology . |
| 3 | He was called Titch because he was a midget with a very large head and very short legs , and Uncle for reasons that were never satisfactorily explained to William , but then , not a lot ever was . |
| 4 | He said he was called Horn and he 'd popped across to see the Duke of Hamilton or somesuch . |
| 5 | ‘ Is it because he was called Ángel de Muerte ? ’ |
| 6 | If we believe Du Camp , he was called Nero ; if we believe Goncourt , he was called Thabor . |
| 7 | He was called Chip and he stayed with me for around eight years . |