Example sentences of "he [was/were] on [art] phone " in BNC.

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1 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 ?
2 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 .
3 Not long ago he was on the phone to me moaning about Paul saying , he wo n't give me the time of day .
4 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 .
5 Seconds later he was on the phone again , bulling into the next prospect .
6 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 .
7 While he was on the phone Lyn 's sister had come in , big-boned , yellow-haired Joanne , only nineteen and married six months .
8 I told you how he was on the phone that day , I mean , he had n't the foggiest idea of what , what he was doing or where he was going , I do n't know .
9 Because I could n't er i mean Chris was one minute he was on the phone , the next minute you could n't get hold of him .
10 He was on the phone , and after glancing up briefly at her , he ignored her until he 'd finished .
11 NED KELLY , the dirtiest comic this side of the ozone layer , never swore once when he was on the phone the other day .
12 So cos apparently , while he was on the phone she came knocking at the door then
13 Yeah , but , no Anton had to make a phone call anyway and he said while he was on the phone
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