Example sentences of "'d call [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , no , not exactly , not what you 'd call proof . |
| 2 | Like , most of the rapes we get at Easton , they 're not what I 'd call rape at all . |
| 3 | Jimbob and Fruitbat , although successful and possibly wealthy are , I 'm afraid not what I 'd call guitarists . |
| 4 | And er me job there was turning sock what you 'd call halfoes you know mens ' socks , from one side to the other on a piece of wood , you know you 'd pull the stocking onto this wood , put your finger on the back , turned it over and threw it down . |
| 5 | Hello Hello … hardly what you 'd call grief with a large G. I smell a con . |
| 6 | ‘ Hardly what you 'd call value for money . ’ |
| 7 | Not what I 'd call escapism anyway . |
| 8 | Well first of all I 'd go down Street and up Street West and up to the top of Street and there was some puddling furnaces , the new side iron works and I 'd watch those men they 'd produce wrought iron and during the process the metal boils up and I 'd have to get a big rubbling bar and rubble they 'd call rubble into a ball , there 's a little wagon put underneath the put under the wagon and off he goes to the steam hammer , now I used to be fascinated with this and Saturday after Saturday I used to go up there and watch one of the heats and as soon as they 'd finished doing they used to go into the Forge and Hammer for a drink , I mean it was such hard work so they 'd do a heat go up the Forge and Iron and come back and then do another heat when I 'd |
| 9 | There followed about ten minutes of what I guess you 'd call foreplay . |
| 10 | Aye well , there was I was n't aware of any what you 'd call transition . |
| 11 | Finally , I thought I 'd call Connors and then catch up on some sack . |