Example sentences of "[vb mod] to [be] call a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This used to be called a tight fiscal policy . |
| 2 | Perhaps because I was hot-tempered at times , I became what used to be called a ‘ natural ’ as a boxer . |
| 3 | You are what used to be called a White Russian . ’ |
| 4 | Even here in the dusty , bounding Toyota , this old man has a distinctiveness , the clubbable , dependable qualities of what used to be called a gentleman . |
| 5 | used to be called a ragged school . |
| 6 | But it used to be called a ragged school . |
| 7 | The jurisdiction existed as an appellate jurisdiction if an uncalled member of an Inn , who used to be called an ‘ inner barrister ’ from the position he occupied on the forms or barrae in the halls of his Inn : see ‘ Two Problems in Legal History ’ by Bolland , 24 L.Q.R. 392 , 399 , was aggrieved when his Inn refused to permit him to be called to the ‘ utter bar : ’ Rex v. Benchers of Gray 's Inn , 1 Doug . |
| 8 | This has been in use in the works office for some time , it was , it used to be called an aide-memoire . |