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I had a telephone call telling me where to find him.

I recently had a telephone call from an acquaintance who was excited about the movie.

I've just this minute had a telephone call through from the chief constable about you.

Before she could answer, someone called out that she had a telephone call.

Your father had a telephone call an hour ago from Judd's commanding officer.

Then we had a telephone call from a man who saw you in a hotel here.'

We had a telephone call from the district nurse, at Ealing.

There's only one thing†Bill told me he'd had a telephone call which made him laugh.

But then, sometime before they reached dessert, Phillips had a telephone call.

"I had a telephone call from God not half an hour ago," said Mac.

She had a telephone call to make first.

"You have a telephone call from General Land, sir," he whispered.

'I've just had a telephone call and I want to send some other messages.

Don't you have a telephone call to make?

We had a telephone call from America and I talked to Leo.

On the morning of the third day he was about to go and say his goodbyes when he had a telephone call from the Colonel.

I shall have had a telephone call.

The next day I had a telephone call from Kronski.

The morning after the verdict I had a telephone call from a black bank officer in New York.

I had a telephone call this afternoon,' he said, 'from the local Superintendent of Police.

"I've just had a telephone call from Charles Trent.

Before he went to the hospital, John Coffin had had a telephone call from his current girlfriend.

'He had a telephone call - didn't the bell wake you?

So there the matter rested for nearly three weeks, when Cohn had a telephone call from Summers, asking to see him in private.

"I had a telephone call late this afternoon from an officer with whom I served in Europe.

It can take three days to get a telephone call through from one island to another.

At least not until she got a telephone call.

Last Tuesday, she got a telephone call from a jailer.

"I got a telephone call today," she said without prelude.

I don't know very much, except that my mother got a telephone call asking somebody to come here.

My dad, who used to be a volunteer fireman, got a telephone call.

Then one day in July, we got a telephone call early in the morning telling us he had died an hour before.

Typically, on a lazy weekend reserved for not doing much in particular, I would get a telephone call from my father.

That night I got a telephone call from Marsha's mother.

He had the same look on his face as this afternoon, when he got a telephone call at the lab.

On April 5, 2007, the police got a telephone call from an unknown person about problems at Winter's home.

And residents may get a telephone call with a recorded message from the county executive himself reminding them to save water.

Several days before you are admitted to the hospital, you get a telephone call from a company that wants information about your medical condition.

He gets a telephone call from an old friend in the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing.

During the dinner, Jenny gets a telephone call from David and talks to him for quite a while.

"He got a telephone call last night at Pearl's.

A few of those on the receiving end insist that they don't mind the practice ("although it would be nice to get a telephone call").

I've got a telephone call I'd like to make."

He was out until around midnight, then he got a telephone call, and went out again.

Then, she said, she got a telephone call from the company saying it was raising the rate to $16,000 a year.

We got a telephone call that night from the Castle to say that my father was safe, and all next day the battle grew.

At the restaurant, Jill gets a telephone call from someone asking, "Have you checked the children?"

If you get a telephone call from any coloured or Asians you can usually tell them by the sound of their voice.

Seems like I got a telephone call, asking me to come somewhere; and I went.

A couple of days ago I received a telephone call.

However, less than a month later, I received a telephone call from the home.

"You received a telephone call at about the hour of 11:14?"

She received a telephone call from her husband's office manager just a few minutes ago.

The next day, we received a telephone call from a lady who lived across town.

Several minutes later, they received a telephone call from a woman telling them she had just left a child on the steps.

A day after the ad appeared, we received a telephone call.

When I do - you will receive a telephone call - by long distance.

Smith had received a telephone call the night before from a Japanese officer he knew.

On 22 December 1938, she received a telephone call that such a fish had been brought in.

Left in quite a hurry, after receiving a telephone call.

He had received a telephone call from the millionaire, asking him to come here.

"They received a telephone call from the man who has listened in on this conference."

Any moment now, you will probably receive a telephone call, telling of his capture.

It was five o'clock when he received a telephone call.

At any moment he might receive a telephone call that could send him back to prison, perhaps for the rest of his life.

A few months later, he received a telephone call from Mme.

"I recently received a telephone call from a friend of yours in Seattle."

He recalled coming home for spring break and receiving a telephone call.

He goes to bed and receives a telephone call from his wife, Cynthia.

What was even more to Marcia's liking, she received a telephone call.

The police said they learned about the remains after receiving a telephone call from a journalist.

Rommel's family received a telephone call 10 minutes later saying that he had died.

They went to the house around 9am after receiving a telephone call.

A couple of months later I received a telephone call from David, who said he wanted to visit.