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  • I'm not going to begin now, because of what he calls my son.

    The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain Charles Dickens 1841

  • I thought it was a terrific story, and, as I do whenever I read a great piece about Vermont, I called my son.

    Reese Schonfeld: Robots: The New York Times vs. WPTZ 2010

  • I thought it was a terrific story, and, as I do whenever I read a great piece about Vermont, I called my son.

    Reese Schonfeld: Robots: The New York Times vs. WPTZ 2010

  • While Menteith hastened to communicate the result of these enquiries to the persons most interested, the outlaw demanded to speak with his grandchild, whom he usually called his son.

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • Once Matthew has started this story, though, he makes the most of it, writing that Joseph's mission was undertaken "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son."

    The Birth of Jesus 2007

  • And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And then we ` re searching the beach and all this kind of stuff, and we come back, his father is on the cell phone again, with the two policemen standing next to him -- he rode in the car with the policemen over there -- and he goes, well -- he calls his son.

    CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2005 2005

  • ZAHN: And Reverend Archer also described that he thought that Mr. Muhammad held an unusual sway over the kid he described as his son.

    CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2002 2002

  • When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

    Matthew 2. 1999

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