Example sentences of "[noun sg] called for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps he was quite mistaken , and what his nature called for was both . |
| 2 | There followed a seven-year period in which he wrote nothing except ‘ two or three little presentation pieces which occasion called for ’ . |
| 3 | In Jones ( M ) v Jones ( R R ) [ 1971 ] 1 WLR 840 , a company 's factory premises and shops were valued on a break-up basis when the contract called for valuation on a going concern basis . |
| 4 | He had just settled in his seat for the 10-hour journey from the Caribbean , when the captain called for a doctor . |
| 5 | When the Speaker called for questioners , a forest of bodies shot up wanting to speak . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , East Germans , outraged by disclosures of corruption among their former Communist leaders , continued their drive to uncover the scale of offences while the government called for a ‘ security partnership ’ between the people and state institutions to expose the extent of abuse . |
| 7 | Fabia was ready and waiting when Lubor called for her promptly at six forty-five that evening . |
| 8 | When the recipe called for a sprig of ‘ bruised thyme ’ it added a further twenty minutes while he and Kate deliberated as to whether bruised was the same as battered with a knife handle , or meant merely rubbed between the forefinger and thumb . |