Sentence examples for had been called upon from inspiring English sources

They had been called upon too often.

In season one, psychiatrist Lecter had been called upon to assess psychic criminal profiler Will Graham Hugh Dancyy).

M. Raymond Poincaré, who had been called upon by President Fallières to form a Cabinet, yesterday evening [Jan . 13 succeeded in his task.

In his acceptance speech, Bush noted that his father's generation had been called upon to fight epic battles against great foes.

The former president, a Democratic centrist, had been called upon by Barack Obama, a president weakened by the midterm election results, to help rescue his tax-cut compromise from the hands of rebellious Democratic liberals.

Baron had been called upon to modernize the menu — "to convey 'downtown' creativity to the Upper East Side," according to a press release — with such cucina creativa contributions as home-cured sardines and stuffed leg of rabbit.

It is not the first time Mr. Walcott has been called upon to resolve a dispute.

It has been called upon to play at the most solemn state functions.

Yet only the I.M.F. has been called upon to help deal with the euro zone crisis.

Unsurprisingly, the United States has been called upon to bring both parties back to the table.

This is not the first time that Carmen Fariña has been called upon as a troubleshooter.