Example sentences of "[adv prt] the telephone and " in BNC.

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1 He wanted to rage and swear , to shout down the telephone and fire off angry memoranda .
2 Anna put down the telephone and waited .
3 Death slammed down the telephone and ran into the kitchen .
4 She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window .
5 Marie put down the telephone and looked at Kee .
6 He put down the telephone and sat back in his chair .
7 Conway put down the telephone and thought , ‘ The old man will be angry , but he is n't important .
8 Then sometimes she would pick up the telephone and natter to Charles .
9 It came to him , just like a flash of lightning and he was so excited that he picked up the telephone and rang Dennis Hopper in Los Angeles .
10 They very kindly drop in shade cards and patterns for her and Mrs Critten has only to pick up the telephone and they are there to help .
11 I could hear him pick up the telephone and dial a number .
12 It then occurred to me that I might be able to help , and I picked up the telephone and spoke to Winston .
13 She picked up the telephone and asked for a courier service .
14 She picked up the telephone and dialled the number recorded in the report for Maurice 's Fifth Avenue apartment .
15 The MI5 man picked up the telephone and pressed the digits with the forefinger of the same , left hand .
16 As Blanche snatched up the telephone and listened to the reassuring hum of the dialling tone , she caught sight of herself in the mirror on the wall : the shimmer of sweat on her forehead , eyes wild , face haggard and pale , hair stormy and unkempt , knuckles bruised and sore .
17 Pascoe turned back to the hall , picked up the telephone and dialled .
18 Then , before she could have second thoughts , she picked up the telephone and dialled his number .
19 I challenged the Minister to pick up the telephone and ask the Secretary of State for Defence to say that those houses in Naylor road , Swindon , must now be transferred to the ownership or management of a housing association or the local authority .
20 Sybil picked up the telephone and dabbed at the buttons with a well-scrubbed finger .
21 There is one basic thing that they need to do , they or their parents , that is pick up the telephone and ring a contact , that 's all they have to do because within here there are people ready to receive those er t telephone enquiries and get the youngsters on the water .
22 But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington .
23 Quickly Sophie picked up the telephone and rang through to the house .
24 Satisfied , she picked up the telephone and rang through to Edward 's house , hoping the housekeeper would answer .
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