Example sentences of "[vb past] up the phone and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hung up the phone and wondered who else to call . |
| 2 | Erika picked up the phone and through a barrage of crackles heard a smooth voice . |
| 3 | Smiling to herself , she walked into the kitchen , switched on the kettle to make a drink , picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 4 | In desperation she picked up the phone and called astrologer Penny Thornton . |
| 5 | Rufus picked up the phone and dialled 192 . |
| 6 | Then he picked up the phone and called for additional officers . |
| 7 | He picked up the phone and started to dial again . |
| 8 | But this was too much ; he picked up the phone and left his resignation on the answering machine at Caxton House . |
| 9 | The general picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 10 | I picked up the phone and gave him an ear-bashing . ’ |
| 11 | I picked up the phone and gave the switchboard the Fulham number . |
| 12 | On impulse I picked up the phone and rang her , hoping I still had the right number . |
| 13 | He turned back to his desk , picked up the phone and jabbed an extension number . |
| 14 | She picked up the phone and reached reception , asking them for the phone number of the Dublin National Gallery . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | On impulse , she picked up the phone and began to dial Donna 's number . |
| 17 | She picked up the phone and dialled Directory Enquiries . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Because if you just picked up the phone and and er contacted erm a residential home |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Luce slid off his knee , and he picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | No , last week you probably would have got the little joining letter with map , but you probably talked to people in the branch who may have been there , or you talked to your manager , or you picked up the phone and said , how do I get here , you may have even got the map out if you were driving , to actually see what junction you came off the motorways and things like that . |