He would have called early, or come over and helped himself to coffee.

It also called back to moments earlier in the season.

She certainly hadn't done anything to call a halt earlier.

The original plan had called for a strike several months earlier.

He later received a note saying the bond had been called six months earlier.

She had called to me early in the day, and I went to be with her.

David was called to Benson's office early the next day.

"I called earlier, but he may not have gotten my message."

Indeed, he was on the verge of it when the President called early in 1987.

Whatever it had been called earlier was just a nickname.