Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] the telephone " in BNC.
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| 1 | Markby snatched up the telephone receiver lying on the table in the hall . |
| 2 | As Molly put down the telephone , she saw Jacqueline , her mouth full of dough , staring at her with the large , accusing eyes of an Oxfam poster . |
| 3 | Marie put down the telephone and looked at Kee . |
| 4 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Anna put down the telephone and waited . |
| 7 | Montgomery put down the telephone as Sergeant Bird hurried into the library on the tail of his brisk knock . |
| 8 | Irina slammed down the telephone . |
| 9 | Gabriel picked up the telephone . |
| 10 | Sybil picked up the telephone and dabbed at the buttons with a well-scrubbed finger . |
| 11 | Cathy picked up the telephone which stood on a side table . |
| 12 | Joanna took over the telephone , said she would come immediately , then , putting the instrument back , she grinned at the expression on Sophie 's face , then burst out laughing when her friend said , ‘ Rather you than me . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's four afternoons a week , ’ Kitty Bouverie said down the telephone to Anna . |
| 14 | Quickly Sophie picked up the telephone and rang through to the house . |
| 15 | We sat down and Harvey picked up the telephone . |
| 16 | In his office , Edouard picked up the telephone . |
| 17 | Conway put down the telephone and thought , ‘ The old man will be angry , but he is n't important . |
| 18 | When Kee left the room Conway picked up the telephone . |