Example sentences of "[pron] picked up the phone " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked up the phone and gave him an ear-bashing . ’ |
| 2 | I picked up the phone and gave the switchboard the Fulham number . |
| 3 | On impulse I picked up the phone and rang her , hoping I still had the right number . |
| 4 | I picked up the phone . |
| 5 | Bloke come and bought a Teletext with his friend , come all the way from Falmouth , he pulled on the front , paid me his money , saw the telly working , put the remote in his pocket , my son carried the telly down , put it in the back of the car the bloke shut the boot , he drove off the front , I picked up the phone he er and he just swung round off the front , the boot come open out come the telly ! |
| 6 | She picked up the phone . |
| 7 | In desperation she picked up the phone and called astrologer Penny Thornton . |
| 8 | She picked up the phone before it could ring twice , and spoke softly into the mouthpiece . |
| 9 | She picked up the phone and reached reception , asking them for the phone number of the Dublin National Gallery . |
| 10 | She picked up the phone . |
| 11 | She picked up the phone and dialled Heathrow , asked for Flight Information , was told that the flight from New York had arrived on time some three and a half hours ago . |
| 12 | On impulse , she picked up the phone and began to dial Donna 's number . |
| 13 | She picked up the phone and dialled Directory Enquiries . |
| 14 | She picked up the phone to ring the Chinese takeaway in Caledonian Road , and discovered the line was dead . |
| 15 | she heard when she picked up the phone . |
| 16 | When her call came through , however , and she picked up the phone and said , ‘ Hello , ’ she realised that she would n't have to ask Lubor when Ven was coming back — because she already knew . |
| 17 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 18 | ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’ |
| 19 | If every time you picked up the phone and made contact with somebody and I gave you a pound , would you accept that as a deal ? |
| 20 | No , last week you probably would have got the little joining letter with map , but you probably talked to people in the branch who may have been there , or you talked to your manager , or you picked up the phone and said , how do I get here , you may have even got the map out if you were driving , to actually see what junction you came off the motorways and things like that . |
| 21 | He picked up the phone — his own for a change — and rang her in a state of anger . |
| 22 | He picked up the phone . |
| 23 | Then he picked up the phone and called for additional officers . |
| 24 | He picked up the phone and started to dial again . |
| 25 | But this was too much ; he picked up the phone and left his resignation on the answering machine at Caxton House . |
| 26 | He ran along the carpeted passage and into the drawing-room where he picked up the phone without speaking . |
| 27 | He grinned when he picked up the phone to check the dialling tone . |
| 28 | She hoped he picked up the phone quickly . |
| 29 | He picked up the phone again and asked for Agnes at the Mount Row number . |
| 30 | Luce slid off his knee , and he picked up the phone and dialled . |