Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] call [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I must call Robert and order some more hand-painted tiles from Spain .
2 But before we do , I must call Mr Kobold , tell him what I have found out and have him send some more money . ’
3 I 'll call Mrs then to present
4 ‘ Now I 'll call Mrs Phillips .
5 I 'll call Doctor Rodier . ’
6 I 'll call Mick and see what gives . ’
7 I 'll call Gail Evans for you tomorrow , ’ he said .
8 Then I 'll call Nan Ho … ’
9 At the end of the debate I 'll call Ernie to put the C E C point of view in respect of the three motions left because they 're seeking reference .
10 I 'll call Paxton . ’
11 erm I 'll like to deal with this in a if possible in a number of separate motions so that we can deal with the various bits of work that need to be done , but I 'll call Mr first
12 I 'll call Mr to .
13 But er having added to the debate and added those words to the motion , I 'll call Mr .
14 I could call Doris Arthur .
15 ‘ Oh , I could call Satan up from hell , Master . ’
16 ‘ For years I believed I did n't have even one person I could call family , ’ he said .
17 Like , most of the rapes we get at Easton , they 're not what I 'd call rape at all .
18 Jimbob and Fruitbat , although successful and possibly wealthy are , I 'm afraid not what I 'd call guitarists .
19 Finally , I thought I 'd call Connors and then catch up on some sack .
20 Not what I 'd call escapism anyway .
21 ‘ It is true that there are Khans enough in the land ; but there are none I dare call friend . ’
22 You 've got what I would call poise .
23 If central and local government are serious in their intent to create choice and consumerism , what I would call welfare consumerism in health and social care , then they must also take seriously the need to support voluntary organisations trying to meet those aspirations .
24 I would call genealogy … a form of history which can account for the constitution of knowledges , discourses , domains of objects etc. , without having to make reference to a subject which is either transcendental in relation to the field of events or runs in its empty sameness throughout the course of history .
25 Ken would start off telling us about his week and then go into the same — what I would call bumhole jokes , always the same about the problems he had with his bum .
26 I placed it in that part of the room where we need the light , with something which , if I believed in it , I would call instinct .
27 Erm the other thing we , we do is what I would call servicing community groups supported by the Council and I 'll put servicing in inverted comma 's , comma 's here .
28 ‘ The Madras doctors called this rewarded gifts , which I would call sale by another name .
29 Department 's tend , eh , the actual service department are very much what I would call practitioner lead , you 've got just people there doing there job and there 've been doing there job for years , and that 's you know , there not , the very rare thing today , erm , thinking of policy sense about the way in which they could change that service , you just get on and do what they 've always been doing .
30 The only place I ever heard what I would call politics was at the British Holistic Medical Association which is the rival to the British Medical Association .
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