Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] on [art] phone " in BNC.
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| 1 | The powder was a pretty strong absorbent mixture and I felt sure it would do the trick , but a week later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 2 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 3 | From the moment the Sex Pistols contract with A&M was rescinded , Branson was on the phone to McLaren , sometimes three times a day , with the same question . |
| 4 | True to his word , Nichols was on the phone to Dustin again to tell him he had got the part . |
| 5 | Your grandparents seem to be fairly cheerful — Ken was on the phone last night , about some editing procedures connected with a project he 's recently undertaken . |
| 6 | ‘ I came in from work on the Monday night when Ray was on the phone . |
| 7 | At nine o'clock he and the transient education officer were still sitting in the ante-room reading old copies of Country Life when the mess sergeant came in to say Mr Sims was on the phone . |
| 8 | Anyway , erm Raymond was on the phone because he was tal and I was saying to Jim tell him I do n't want him to come if the ra if the road 's cut off to Blythe I do n't want him to get stuck , I mean , he 's got a wife |
| 9 | For instance , when I was promoted to the Football League line , Alan Dawson was on the phone immediately welcoming me . |
| 10 | Newcastle were on the phone to us within twenty minutes of him putting his phone down . |
| 11 | A constable appeared at the door to say that DI Eddy Russell was on the phone for the superintendent . |