Waiting to be called upon again.
The enquiry was chaired by Professor (now Lord) John Krebs, and was the third such expert review since 1980: a pattern which has continued subsequently, with three further groups of 'independent experts' having been called upon by successive UK governments to the present day.
He called upon Lord Hall to take the same tough stance as he had in 2001 on becoming chief executive of the Royal Opera House, which was then beset by claims of managerial failings.
Mr. Lincoln, the acknowledged giant of our heritage, the man who had the strength to face evil in the eye and save our nation, stood there on the East Portico, and called upon the name of God, the Almighty, and the Lord more than 13 times.
All had been made ready for the supreme tribute, which the spirit of Old Japan called upon the Samurai to pay to his dead lord, and immediately after the firing of the first cannon as a signal that the body of the Meiji Emperor was leaving the Palace, General Nogi committed hara-kiri, his wife following his example.
LONDON — Mr. Winston Churchill, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, boiling with indignation, protested to the Marconi Committee yesterday against being called upon to answer vague tittle-tattle.
They called upon him to resign.
Still, businessmen will rally when called upon.
(He was not called upon).
Now I am frequently called upon".
"I felt good to be called upon.
