Sentence examples for checking the phone from inspiring English sources

I spent virtually the whole time at home with my family, trying to stay calm, waiting, watching time pass, watching films and series, checking the phone.

I am trying to be more focused and give my complete attention to where I am and it means not checking the phone constantly in the evening (for work) and not to stress about the after-school snack before the kids' other activities while being available for emergencies.

He keeps up the act until she's gone, but then he's alone in the quiet, sunny house, checking the phone to see if it's still working, getting a cup of tea ready for Gramma in case she wakes, desperately hoping she'll stay asleep until his mother gets home.

I already had an iPhone, so, after checking the phone out myself, I gave the Nexus 1 to my wife, who is not a smartphone user or very interested in mobiles (shock horror) outside of chatting and SMS-ing with her friends and other mums.

I remember coming home and checking the phone lines to make sure they hadn't been cut".

I demand absolute silence; no whispering, no checking the phone, no nudging, no nothing.

I checked the phone again.

"I checked the phone book," Weiss told him.

Hours later, she finally checks the phone: "How's it going?

At midnight I check the phone – now an iphone – and then bed.

Jimmy spots a deleted call, checks the phone records, there's a 2am call … to Hamlin.