Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] on [art] phone to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A month or two ago I was on the phone to the Baltic , to obtain some bloodcurdlingly seditious statement from the local nationalists . |
| 2 | I feel well and th and I try er and my husband 's nieces they often ring me up er well I was on the phone to one of them when you came yesterday . |
| 3 | You know , I was on the phone to a customer for fifteen to twenty minutes because they 'd had a bad experience and I was actually making an appointment for Roy to go in and that twenty minutes is a long time , and I think really if anything , it 's just brought to me really , , how little time sometimes , it 's not always the case , it does vary , that , depending on the incoming calls , depending if you 've got got through the emerging paperwork for whatever reason , how little quality time perhaps you do actually spend on the phone , making outgoing calls to sell . |
| 4 | It was like , get on to those bloody phone people , he said , I was on the phone to them for half an hour , yesterday , he said have n't turned up , he said , and I organized m I work around and everything . |
| 5 | I was on the phone to UNICEF earlier this afternoon and they are very much encouraged by what has happened . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , come on , you were on the phone to him when I came in . |
| 7 | He , you know that bloke who you said you were on the phone to in Liverpool and he 's got |
| 8 | When she was on the phone to Vivienne she suddenly turned round and shouted , which one 's Glen ? |
| 9 | A COMPUTER expert was sacked when he handcuffed himself to his woman boss while she was on the phone to a customer . |
| 10 | No , stuck it over David 's head , he were on the phone to a client , we took a photo , somebody took a photo of it , we knocked on the door we said David have you got a minute ? |
| 11 | Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day . |
| 12 | We heard him talking , but heard no response , so we guessed that he was on the phone to one of the chefs rather than just moaning to George . |