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1. It transpired that his mobile phone had decided [over night]
2. Sams’s phone rang as he emerged from his shower
3. Finally at five pm, during the Aoki set, he felt the phone vibrate, and headed for the nearest security guard that bore the Oodle logo, a rune in black and white
4. You might have an intuition that says, “I should grab my phone before I head to the store” but you dishonor that intuition and leave it on the counter
5. On your way to the store, you witness an accident, reach for your phone to call 911 but it’s not TOM ANDERSON
6. "Millie, what's that banging noise? Put your grandpa on the phone
7. It was at that point that Millie dropped the phone
8. Mom thought she was hearing static but it was the mermaids hissing and spitting into the phone speaker
9. phone or whatever technological gadget with
10. His mother answered the phone
11. Brandon took out his phone to call a cab
12. A shadow crept over his phone and knocked it out of his hand
13. With toddlers, suggest that parents show your grandchild a recent picture of you as you talk over the phone
14. And so, Frank raced to the nearest landline phone and paged Manuel the Mechanic
15. Is that the phone?
16. You're lucky I'm not a jealous sister," she said from the phone
17. "The shuttlecraft!" he came bounding to her and snatched the phone from her head
18. " and he closed the phone and put it away
19. ‘I had Ditton on the phone this morning
20. Betty hangs up the phone
21. Men are mono tracking; if a phone call comes they would ask for the TV to shut, child to stop crying and so on
22. Women can handle phone call, TV, child cry, kitchen sound simultaneously
23. Finally he hangs up, tosses his phone on the passenger’s seat, reaches over and turns on the radio
24. John ends the call, tosses the phone on the passenger’s seat
25. Is that the guy who answered the phone the other day?’
26. John looks at his phone, sees who it is, closes his eyes, sighs
27. He puts the phone slowly to his ear
28. I pick up the phone before he rouses sufficiently to respond
29. He ends the call, puts the phone away
30. ‘Yes, it seems he had a phone call a few weeks ago asking about ammunition for a gun of that ilk
31. I find myself staring at the phone once I have put it down … what the hell is Dan playing at? Standing staring at my house for hours on end every evening? Is that legal? Thinking about it, I suppose there isn’t a law against it if he is standing on his property … would it count as stalking?
32. Address and phone is likely to change
33. I’m staring at a rather sparse list of options when the phone rings
34. Half my mind concentrating on the job in hand, I reach for the phone and pick it up
35. Half an hour later, the phone rings again
36. I pick up the phone
37. Many fans have made the pilgrimage to his California home - he’s not hard to find, his address and phone number printed on every label
38. What on earth can Stephen have to discuss with me that he can’t talk about on the phone?
39. Though it is gratifying that she and Adrian care that much – Adrian had even come on the phone at one point trying to convince me that they had space – silly man!
40. We didn’t have a phone, not then, nor a television, but we could always use the
41. ‘You made quite an impression her when you spoke to her on the phone, you know
42. The cost of a new phone wasn't something he could permit himself these days
43. On top of that, I spent most of yesterday keeping within reach of the phone and, on the two occasions I had to go out of earshot into the garden to deal with the washing, I had checked to see if anyone had called while I was out there as soon as I got back inside … but Stephen didn’t call
44. I could have gone for a walk but that would have meant leaving the phone …
45. Half hoping it will be Stephen and half dreading that it might just be, I reach for the phone
46. " He pushed the bills and the phone number into the man's hands
47. I’ve never met her, though we have spoken on the phone … and I thought it might help if I could go round and perhaps talk to her
48. ‘I’m Molly Merrett, we’ve spoken on the phone
49. He put the phone to his ear and continued thrusting
50. " He slipped his phone back into his pocket
1. Frustrated, I leave a message that Liz phoned and that she has a problem she wants his advice on … that should get him calling one of us
2. I had very nearly phoned Stephen to rip his head off for telling tales to Paul when I heard that, but it seemed ungrateful after all he has done for me
3. He dragged her out onto the verge and phoned for help
4. Finally, seeing I hadn't phoned her till yesterday afternoon, she called me at about 4:00 pm and asked me whether I intended to come or not; then she commented jokingly: “Those who don't bring an expensive present, won't come in!”
5. In the evening Louise phoned and informed me that the young man I liked had come into her office once again later, but all he did was laugh up his sleeve before her
6. There was one he had told me about sometimes when he phoned
7. Unfortunately, the mood was broken when, over a large cognac, his wife revealed that she had phoned their mutual friend, had told him about her husband’s terminal illness and had persuaded him to make her poor spouse’s final year or two truly comfortable
8. ‘Oh, darling! If you could see your face! You didn’t honestly think he’d just say ‘Oh good!’ and leave it at that, did you, Anna? I’d have had fifty fits if my mother had phoned me and told me she was getting married again
9. his wife revealed that she had phoned their mutual friend, had told
10. Amanda phoned Brownie and he had time to spend with her
11. Fritz kept his promise and phoned Otto the next morning, so now he had the final piece to complete the plan
12. most fascinating story, I would have phoned you personally
13. She phoned the baby-sitter
14. Had she phoned the police? Was she waiting up? She looked towards the house
15. Suddenly he remembered, in the middle of his favourite computer game where he is killing a beautiful but evil woman about to destroy the nuclear submarine, that he hadn’t phoned his aunt Esther
16. She knew where everything was in the house and as long as someone phoned her and told her it was time to go to bed, she could turn off the fire at night and turn it on again when she woke up in the morning
17. Next day she phoned in sick, it wasn’t a lie, she really did feel sick, sick with fear and anxiety
18. Ryan had phoned her earlier, Carolyn had written
19. ‘He phoned last night, said the course he was doing is finished now so he should be home by the weekend
20. It was a week later when Mr Naidoo phoned me
21. By the time I got home to the flat Boyd had not phoned me back and Mrs Langford said she had told him about the job when he got home from surfing
22. I phoned his parents’ house at least three times and they had not heard from him since he’d left earlier in the day, supposedly to come to me
23. Before I left for work Mrs Langford phoned, she had still not heard from him and was beside herself with worry
24. During the day I phoned everyone I knew Boyd knew
25. I phoned every hotel and phoned the café at Baggies several times
26. Evelyn was out when I got home and I made myself cosy on the couch with the telephone on my lap – we had gotten ourselves a new long receiver cable that had just come out in the stores, it was wonderful as now we did not have to stand by the phone for the duration of the conversation – I phoned York
27. He hated it if I phoned his office as it always distracted his train of thought
28. If Spencer phoned me when he got home I had no idea as I was asleep almost instantly
29. In the office once I was settled for the day, I phoned Evelyn, knowing she was at home without any classes this morning
30. Sian had moved to Johannesburg and occasionally phoned her, but the rest of us had not heard from him nor did we have any contact details for him and Evelyn was not sharing them with us either
31. First I phoned Spencer’s mother
32. I was afraid of what this news might do to his father’s weak heart, and I felt bad that I’d phoned
33. In bed I phoned Josie
34. I phoned Glenna and at the same time asked for a few hours off
35. Josie always had a way of making sense to me and as soon as I was back in my cottage I phoned Egan
36. I sat in the waiting room and phoned Josie
37. I phoned Egan and knew he would be in his Bible study so left him a message too
38. I left Dena and the hospital when Patty phoned me and I sat in my car in the parking lot repeating all that Dr Preston had said
39. Alice phoned as I arrived home to tell me she had heard from an ex-colleague at Luxous that Trey had left the country and was in Asia somewhere
40. After a telephone call with Glenna where I explained what had happened, I made coffee, got back into bed and phoned Egan
41. I’d just ended the call with Egan when Patty phoned
42. Josie had phoned her to tell her the news and once again I was hit by how much I missed her
43. Then I phoned Josie
44. Egan had phoned Josie, concerned about my current state of mind, so by the time I reached the house, she had a hot bath running with lavender oils and salts and a glass of red wine waiting
45. When he phoned me I gave the phone to Liam without telling him who was on the other end
46. I phoned the number and at the other end of the phone was this slurred voice
47. Putting two and two together, he phoned the police
48. I phoned Chris in Austin, and he said he would journey to her
49. Where the hell was he? It had been at least half-an-hour since she’d phoned him
50. He grabbed his cell and phoned his office
1. It was already the afternoon and people were walking by with their suits and their cell phones
2. How could I? Me, just a simple insurance broker on the phones for the last 10 years
3. Amy phones me at the on the 24th – I enthuse about her new car (the reason for the call) and, even to my ears, sound reasonably normal
4. Backbenchers on all sides of the house became more and more animated, while the press pack in the gallery repeated the words of the otherwise unknown political representative to their editors by means of their mobile phones
5. Playtime is hell – the kids can’t go out into the playground because of the rain, so they’re all rampaging around in the hall and, lucky old you, it’s your turn to cover the phones
6. We left a skeleton staff at the office to cover phones but most people were able to get over there which is a measure of how popular Anna is … you should have seen Anna’s face as we walked into the room, Sally
7. representative to their editors by means of their mobile phones
8. The phones keep me fairly busy and in addition to that, I have to deal with deliveries and the odd caller … and some of them are decidedly odd! The guy who keeps ringing Dave up about crop circles came in and tried to persuade me that I ought to let him speak with Dave
9. By 2341 no one knew how to make old phones obsolete any more, and they could not force the non-implanted phones off the network
10. They're a bit funny about phones near their machines
11. guys to tell one of their girlfriends the story and pretty soon cell phones and pagers
12. “No, we have the technological power to make phones that can carry voices over thousands of miles and starships that can carry souls and frozen zygotes over tens of light years, but no mind control more effective than video advertising
13. First the phones went, the satellite followed
14. I couldn't wait so I called Carol on my cell phone because they still haven't hooked up our regular phones at our new location
15. Actually I'm exaggerating in the prior sentence as I'm still plenty stupid in many areas today, today my dumbness relates to technology like cell phones, computers, software
16. "When I went in [to prison] in 1990, all they had was these huge phones that they would put in
17. Well the world is now full of TV's, Mobile phones, tablets and computers
18. As for the exterior, there were unending sounds of honking, revving, screeching, crashing, yelling, talking, laughing, arguing, crying, singing, and so on that were emitted primarily from the millions of cars, people, televisions, radios, cell phones, and stereos that had spread about in every nook and cranny
19. She paused as one of several phones within the limousine began to ring
20. would be used in mobile phones to make calls
21. in a similar way to the approaching aircraft, but in time rather than space - the canals, electricity, railways, roads, television, mobile phones, the
22. “Your teachings come from a time when there were no polygraphs, no recording devices like your mobile phones
23. Several years ago we advertised in the Seattle Sunday paper during an especially gloomy, rainy Seattle winter and Seattle folks rang our phones all day
24. where’s your BlackBerry?” I have three cell phones
25. communicate using cheap cell phones to keep it a secret
26. Experienced guys were the first choice unless they were police women recruited to answer the 10111 (emergency like 911) phones, but have you ever heard of a woman who would do anything and keep quiet while doing it? Hell, even I could tell the generals that they were not going to stay on the phones, and that they would want to be in on the action! Gave me grey hair at 21 they did with their constant demands for squad cars and the right to become fatherly, (perhaps motherly) with wayward criminals and terrorists
27. I know that there are loads of different phones and appliances to be had these days, but it hadn’t hit home to me how many
28. I started looking at phones
29. It was the last of the ‘old’ phones
30. According to what he read, both land and mobile phones were down, as was the Internet
31. standards risen in recent years; a great, big house furnished with all the modern conveniences, purchasing or leasing a new car every couple of years, a television in every room, showcase furniture, expensive trips abroad, extensive wardrobes, routinely dining out, consumer products purchased and quickly discarded, electronic gadgets, exercise equipment, cell phones for each family member, casino gambling, so on and so forth
32. He ignored the legible sign that no cell phones were allowed in the library and called Helen as soon as he saw the posting in the August 24th issue of the News-Record
33. That is how we follow money trails and link it with cell phones and different people
34. Brubaker told him clearly, although Chuck’s ears always had a hard time with cell phones
35. Mobile phones works well in West Africa and you should mostly have a signal
36. He could close the door, and the ringing of phones and the mutter of conversation dropped away from his little reality
37. He bellowed out the window, yet how could she know he was a cop on a call? No doubt the phones would be ringing
38. She came over and Deighton put her on the phones
39. “The chief still hasn’t shown up,” she noted, and the phones were all still ringing, ringing, ringing
40. They could hear radios squawking incoherently and phones ringing in the background, more faintly now that a sheet of thick glass separated them from the waiting room
41. Grunion hovered by the bank of phones, all lit up and ringing to beat hell
42. They all stared at the phones briefly
43. “Are there any more phones, computers or other electronic devices that I’ve missed?” he asked
44. “Are there any more phones in the house?”
45. But no, Connie would never let him answer the phones
46. Someone must have had the head phones on when it worked
47. “Two phones and a couple of hours on both of them,” I replied
48. When I had all the junk lying on my bed, I threw it into my backpack with my cell phones, and digital recorder
49. Mobile phones, computers and the like would fail
50. Realize that in 1992 we had two portable box phones
1. ‘Lots of people have been phoning to see how you are
2. Over the next few days I did every thing I could to keep my mind off the journey but Auntie kept phoning with little suggestions that were not helping my nerves
3. ’ Sally! You could have put that better! ‘I’m phoning about Abi – I gather that Alastair has suggested that she could have piano lessons with him
4. there's always at least one kid who 'forgets' and you have a last minute frantic phoning session trying to get in touch with Mum or Dad so that little Johnny - who is in tears by this time because he doesn't want to be left out of the trip - can actually go while the rest of the class try to tear the coach to bits
5. ‘My name’s Kevin Hust … I’m phoning about the picture of Chrissie which was shown on the news just now
6. ‘Sally, it’s Jane phoning from the Vicarage, she wants to know if there’s any news of your brother
7. ‘Oh she was very down to earth and practical as though phoning me with messages from you is something she does every day of the week
8. For the first time in his life Danny contemplated phoning in to say he was sick, but tactical sickies are difficult to carry off if you're never ill
9. phoning the Old Bill
10. to good use, a separate voice would be calling the police, a third phoning Bradlee and Ronnie
11. We’ve got players that are phoning it in
12. Sheuli had got up, done her chores quickly but thoroughly, made a big deal about phoning her various aunts, as she did every Saturday morning and went on her way after kissing her mother goodbye
13. Dawn tried phoning her dad again but had no luck
14. The receiver of the phone was hardly down and I was phoning his home number
15. Before leaving the office I thought of phoning Evelyn to give her the whole sorry story, but then I remembered she’d let it slip the last time and I decided against it
16. After pulling on a pair of jeans, a loose sweater and sneakers I thought of phoning Josie and asking her to go with me
17. He could imagine Walter or one of his little buddies phoning the cops and telling them, ‘I’m afraid for my family,’
18. They were slightly apologetic; but all their friends were phoning them
19. no point in phoning the police for help, not with this problem
20. “Harry, what the devil are you phoning me about, have you found a deal breaker that simply cannot wait?” He was having fun
21. “Of course, it’s interesting to say the least, thank you for phoning me
22. I tried phoning the hotel, but they said you weren’t staying there, and I couldn’t think where else you might be, so I thought I had better wait
23. After they arrived and were served, Trask—despite Carl's impatience—insisted on phoning Charly to say he would be late
24. If someone is phoning you and saying and the first question out of their mouth is,
25. San Diego was where I ended up being talked into phoning home
26. The next day, phoning the number and leaving a message, the 2 boys had met with the mysterious man and, without a word being spoken in explanation, received their reward
27. He spent the rest of the day phoning around builders until he found a team that could start the following day repairing his dilapidated buildings
28. Roger started by laying into Nick in front of his subordinates, tearing him off a strip for not phoning him
29. I’m phoning with regards to a letter you will have received
30. Phoning the AA , he was told that none of their vehicles had been in that vicinity that evening, and no calls had been received from his wife
31. First, of course was the ride in and that was followed by a short conversation with Keta, which was followed by my dad phoning the American equivalent of Jack City - that of course being Madison
32. next couple of hours phoning their house, threatening us, but Mrs
33. phoning it through,’ he told her once; which made Leah ask him, why then, he
34. The guard took her name and mobile phone number, phoning through to Anna as Star slowly made her way out
35. He turned her on to her back before phoning for an ambulance
36. At first Kathy was relieved the person phoning was her mom and not The Doctor calling! This relief was short-lived however, when her mother, not waiting to hear her daughter’s reply to her questions, continued without so much as a pause in breath…
37. The act of phoning had a calming effect, and when
38. Tyler finished phoning for an ambulance, there was a cry from the butler's pantry, and Eve ran in carrying a pan of water, sobbing hysterically
39. It also meant phoning the customer to tell them it had arrived
40. ‘I tried phoning you but there was no answer,’ I said
41. Who would be phoning me at this time? I thought it was Dad or a customer wanting
42. stairs as she made a mad run for the front door…the psycho was phoning her from inside
43. Linda was phoning David an old British expat who retired here about twenty years
44. “It’s Mark phoning from Crete
45. “What the hell are you doing phoning me” the voice replied
46. So I began phoning around to find out who had misunderstood whom, when I discovered that she was waiting for me in the lounge of the Hilton
47. With time, I hoped to get over her or, at least, to stop the daily obsession of phoning her and longing to see her
48. Fanny, my wife, left me in disgust and I fell into a depression so severe that my family, which was previously adamant in their opposition to this marriage, started phoning the girl, begging her to come back to marry me
49. What possible reason could the richest woman on Earth have had in phoning the producers the next time they made a similar docu-drama called Colonial House, to ask them if she could participate in it? Why would someone who experienced poverty and being a second class black living in the most racist country on Earth against blacks… want to become a menial servant again? Because she did not get enough degradation when she was growing up poor in America? Because she did not get enough hard work? What was it about these social experiments that made her do this?
50. 'After phoning him to let him know just what I expected, I told him to contact me with the details