Example sentences of "picked up the phone " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then , when she turned the corner , he went out to the hall and picked up the phone . |
| 32 | I picked up the phone and gave the switchboard the Fulham number . |
| 33 | On impulse I picked up the phone and rang her , hoping I still had the right number . |
| 34 | He turned back to his desk , picked up the phone and jabbed an extension number . |
| 35 | She picked up the phone and reached reception , asking them for the phone number of the Dublin National Gallery . |
| 36 | She hoped he picked up the phone quickly . |
| 37 | She picked up the phone . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | On impulse , she picked up the phone and began to dial Donna 's number . |
| 40 | ‘ You 're not going to believe this , ’ said Alex , ‘ but I actually picked up the phone to call you this morning , except I realized it would have been the middle of the night your end so I put it down again . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ Understood , ’ she said , and started to slide gratefully toward the doorway as Charlie moved over into his chair and picked up the phone again . |
| 42 | He picked up the phone again and asked for Agnes at the Mount Row number . |
| 43 | I picked up the phone . |
| 44 | As soon as the last student had filed out of her office , Loretta picked up the phone . |
| 45 | She picked up the phone and dialled Directory Enquiries . |
| 46 | She picked up the phone to ring the Chinese takeaway in Caledonian Road , and discovered the line was dead . |
| 47 | ‘ Then the Chief picked up the phone and said to me : ‘ And while we are at it , let us get those other idle bastards off their backsides . ’ |
| 48 | Because if you just picked up the phone and and er contacted erm a residential home |
| 49 | Back at the villa , Ronni went straight to her room , closed the door behind her , sat down on the bed , picked up the phone and quickly dialled . |
| 50 | she heard when she picked up the phone . |
| 51 | Luce slid off his knee , and he picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 52 | Jack was busy , dealing with a nasty fracture , so she went to the nursing station and picked up the phone . |
| 53 | He chuckled and picked up the phone . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where systems analyst Chris picked up the phone . |
| 56 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where computer analyst Chris picked up the phone and at once both knew it was the start of something special . |
| 57 | 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 ! |
| 58 | And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ? |
| 59 | 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 |
| 60 | 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 ? |