Sentence examples for called a number of from inspiring English sources

"I called a number of rabbis to see if this was doable," he said.

He called a number of friends and did the same thing.

The police called a number of parents, who joined them in yelling to open up -- to no avail.

That afternoon, Fed staff members called a number of Wall Street C.E.O.s and asked them to attend an emergency meeting.

A State Department spokesman said on Tuesday that Kerry had called a number of senior foreign officials, including Jonathan, before the vote.

We called a number of eminent and impressive experts, including the former US vice-president Al Gore's climate adviser, James Hansen.

"I had a guy call a number of months ago.

But he goes on, and in the process makes what a lawyer would call a number of bad points.

In an unregulated market passengers would have to search out a competitive price, a time-consuming process of hailing or calling a number of cabs.

Mr. Kelly calls a number of tall, skinny works in the show "totems," including "Curve XLII" (1984), made of zebra wood and featuring a distinct dark grain.

Reports in Portugal suggested Mr Amaral plans to call a number of senior figures involved in the Madeleine investigation as witnesses.