Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] phone " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were on the phone for an hour , not really speaking , a few words scattered among the silence . |
| 2 | The lads , as always , were on the phone all week with helpful hints . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , come on , you were on the phone to him when I came in . |
| 4 | Newcastle were on the phone to us within twenty minutes of him putting his phone down . |
| 5 | ‘ But that morning at the house , when you were on the phone … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We were on the phone for an hour we had some pretty special memories and I just want to thank The Northern ‘ . |
| 7 | aye cos you were , you were on the phone |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Who was tickling you when you were on the phone ? |
| 10 | He , you know that bloke who you said you were on the phone to in Liverpool and he 's got |
| 11 | Oh I 'm just sitting here having had a long , well erm I I 've just had a , a chat with Gillian who erm rang me up and we were on the phone for about half an hour I suppose , she 's some lucky girl ! |
| 12 | And you can guarantee , he was on t' phone on Saturday , he phoned me up on Monday , he phoned me on Tuesday and said , now I remember what I wanted . |
| 13 | A month or two ago I was on the phone to the Baltic , to obtain some bloodcurdlingly seditious statement from the local nationalists . |
| 14 | When she was on the phone to Vivienne she suddenly turned round and shouted , which one 's Glen ? |
| 15 | Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day . |
| 16 | Hottest Action Was On the Phone ! |
| 17 | She was on the phone and he stood silently , filling the doorway , raising an eyebrow at her . |
| 18 | McLeish had rung his own flat to collect messages ; he could see Catherine just waking , and waved to her to indicate that he was on the phone . |
| 19 | A few minutes later the elderly owner of ‘ Primrose Cottage ’ was on the phone . |
| 20 | True to his word , Nichols was on the phone to Dustin again to tell him he had got the part . |
| 21 | A COMPUTER expert was sacked when he handcuffed himself to his woman boss while she was on the phone to a customer . |
| 22 | John , 42 , of Ellesmere Port , said : ‘ I was on the phone taking a 999 call when someone came in screaming that there was a baby who could not breathe . |
| 23 | There was some fault on the phone here or else I was on the phone myself talking to Father Rooney about the Station . ’ |
| 24 | He then asked to speak to me , but I was on the phone so he rang back five minutes later . |
| 25 | The same afternoon , my departed heterosexual colleague , who had bought it , and who had shown it at the conference , was on the phone : would I change my mind ? |
| 26 | ‘ She was standing outside , on the deck overlooking the lake , as I was on the phone . |
| 27 | One woman was on the phone to Wadland when her husband returned home . |
| 28 | Seconds later he was on the phone again , bulling into the next prospect . |
| 29 | From the moment the Sex Pistols contract with A&M was rescinded , Branson was on the phone to McLaren , sometimes three times a day , with the same question . |
| 30 | 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 . |