A close friend, for whom I baby-sit on a regular basis, telephoned to ask if I could watch her child several hours longer than usual.

An East German friend telephoned me to ask if she could stay and my first thought was, 'For how long?'

When he lost his job at the university, a few friends telephoned to express their sympathy.

During the ordeal, she said, friends telephoned and came to the door, but she would not respond, fearing that Mr. Braunstein would hurt them.

You and your friends telephone the hotel.

The unnamed friend of Murphy allegedly telephoned him after she was unable to resolve the issue herself.

A friend telephoned and asked how it felt to be home.

She awoke only when a friend telephoned and said, "There's something happening right outside that you really don't want to miss."

But last night her friend telephoned to her not to come because they were quarantined for scarlet fever.