Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] the phone " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pick up the phone . |
| 2 | I pick up the phone again and dial the Home Office . |
| 3 | I put down the phone slowly . |
| 4 | I put down the phone . |
| 5 | I hang up the phone . |
| 6 | As I hung on the phone , I ingested the sad evidence of a service which , although well-intentioned , simply had n't coped . |
| 7 | We were called by EMI , RCA , Arista , Warner Brothers and I hung up the phone on all of them . |
| 8 | I hung up the phone and wondered who else to call . |
| 9 | ‘ Bitch , ’ I screamed down the phone at her then , remembering how much they like dogs here , I shouted in English , ‘ Whore ! |
| 10 | I looked up the phone directory and , sure enough , there was a P.Lawn , ( luckily not a common name ! ) , from which we surmised , correctly , that Ken had died but Pat was still there . |
| 11 | I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad . |
| 12 | What d' ya want to know when someone picks up the phone . |
| 13 | Why ca n't I pick up the phone and say , Come on , darling ? |
| 14 | I picked up the phone and gave him an ear-bashing . ’ |
| 15 | I picked up the phone and gave the switchboard the Fulham number . |
| 16 | On impulse I picked up the phone and rang her , hoping I still had the right number . |
| 17 | I picked up the phone . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | When you pick up the phone , say ‘ Good morning afternoon ’ and announce the name of the company or department . |
| 20 | You are advised to keep your answer to question 5 as concise as possible ( no more than a few sentences ) ; be sure that you know exactly what you want to say before you pick up the phone . |
| 21 | The best thing is — nothing can beat this — when you pick up the phone and tell them who you are , the repair man will always come round . |
| 22 | If you pick up the phone and ring to get seats here you will very often find that you ca n't get through . |
| 23 | Er I suggest you pick up the phone and you give us a call now on , alright ? |
| 24 | That 's it yes ah I 'm connected with you I am on a cerebral plane connected with you our brains our interlinked you reach down you pick up the phone and you ring now . |
| 25 | You pick up the phone and say , Hello . |
| 26 | You 're on my territory when you pick up the phone . |
| 27 | Yes , everybody , O K , now I 'll pay the phone bill , all I want you to do is pick up the phone and every time you pick up the phone and make an attempt to get me an appointment , I 'll give you a pound . |
| 28 | If I said to you every time you pick up the phone it 's closer to ten pounds , would it get you very excited . |
| 29 | You want to create a good impression every time you pick up the phone to answer it . |
| 30 | She laid down the phone with a small sigh of relief . |