Example sentences of "[vb past] up the telephone and " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It then occurred to me that I might be able to help , and I picked up the telephone and spoke to Winston . |
| 4 | She picked up the telephone and asked for a courier service . |
| 5 | She picked up the telephone and dialled the number recorded in the report for Maurice 's Fifth Avenue apartment . |
| 6 | The MI5 man picked up the telephone and pressed the digits with the forefinger of the same , left hand . |
| 7 | Pascoe turned back to the hall , picked up the telephone and dialled . |
| 8 | Then , before she could have second thoughts , she picked up the telephone and dialled his number . |
| 9 | Sybil picked up the telephone and dabbed at the buttons with a well-scrubbed finger . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Quickly Sophie picked up the telephone and rang through to the house . |
| 12 | Satisfied , she picked up the telephone and rang through to Edward 's house , hoping the housekeeper would answer . |