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The phrase "a friend was calling" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that someone you know was attempting to contact you via phone at a specific time in the past.
Example: "I couldn't answer the phone because a friend was calling just as I was stepping into the shower."
Alternatives: "a friend was phoning" or "a friend was reaching out".
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Othman's cell phone rang: a friend was calling from Jordan.
He was about to have breakfast when his phone rang — a friend was calling to see how he was doing.
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In one Durand calls a former TAP colleague at his home, tells the child who answered the phone that a "friend" is calling and then lies to the TAP exec, pretending, in a bid to get the man to incriminate himself, that Durand himself had been subpoenaed; this employee wasn't ever indicted.
If a friend is calling out target numbers, and they call the number of a target you have already shot, this time you go for a head shot.
She told of a friend being called into the chief editor's office at a radio station.
This man, a dearly valued friend, was calling me on my stuff.
He was about to have breakfast when his phone rang a friend was calling to see how he was doing.
The man he loved ("my greatest friend") was called Moses Jackson — a scientist and an athlete, a year his senior, who never knew or guessed the effect that he had had.
The woman's friend was called Jane, a financial administrator from St Albans.
My friend was called.
Maybe your best friend is calling a lot because she's been lonely ever since her boyfriend broke up with her.
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