Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] on the phone " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | There was some fault on the phone here or else I was on the phone myself talking to Father Rooney about the Station . ’ |
| 4 | He then asked to speak to me , but I was on the phone so he rang back five minutes later . |
| 5 | ‘ She was standing outside , on the deck overlooking the lake , as I was on the phone . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This was our one holiday a year and 3 days of that holiday I was on the phone . |
| 9 | No , not at the min not at the min I have n't erm , there was one shoved through just this morning and I was on the phone I just picked it up and I shoved it on the |
| 10 | Then I was on the phone in na lower school . |
| 11 | No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the |
| 12 | I thought I heard them when I was on the phone . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I was on the phone to UNICEF earlier this afternoon and they are very much encouraged by what has happened . |
| 15 | someone was on the phone . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , come on , you were on the phone to him when I came in . |
| 17 | ‘ But that morning at the house , when you were on the phone … ’ |
| 18 | aye cos you were , you were on the phone |
| 19 | Who was tickling you when you were on the phone ? |
| 20 | He , you know that bloke who you said you were on the phone to in Liverpool and he 's got |
| 21 | When she was on the phone to Vivienne she suddenly turned round and shouted , which one 's Glen ? |
| 22 | She was on the phone and he stood silently , filling the doorway , raising an eyebrow at her . |
| 23 | A COMPUTER expert was sacked when he handcuffed himself to his woman boss while she was on the phone to a customer . |
| 24 | It has n't seemed that long because for ten of them she was on the phone and another ten in shoe shops . |
| 25 | , when she was on the phone . |
| 26 | Cos she was on the phone crying that er she 's got a hole in the side of her house sort of thing . |
| 27 | Anyhow er and when she was on the phone the other day I said to Irene oh er Muriel says I 'll bring it next time I come I 'll bring it . |
| 28 | So er anyhow when er she was on the phone Sunday night I said oh I said er ask Muriel would she bring that stool back when she comes . |
| 29 | Anyway when I went in the phone was on the hook , and I said who was on the phone ? |
| 30 | ‘ We were on the phone for an hour we had some pretty special memories and I just want to thank The Northern ‘ . |