Sentence examples similar to phoning him directly from inspiring English sources

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a high-ranking broker explained to the Guardian how Thai boat owners phone him directly with their "order": the quantity of men they need and the amount they're willing to pay for them.

West first got into contact with Vernon when he directly phoned him, with the intention of sampling his song "Woods".

Even heads of state, she bragged, would phone her directly.

Later, in the same phone call, I asked him directly.

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In order to stay in touch with his people he set up weekly shows on radio and television where he explained his policies and encouraged citizens to phone in and question him directly.

By that evening, Moalin had found Khadar's phone number and was calling him directly.

Bharara's account echoes the testimony of former FBI Director James Comey, who told the Senate Intelligence Committee last week that Trump contacted him directly by phone numerous times between the presidential transition and Comey's own dismissal last month.

You tell us that you have been phoned directly by the company, which explained that there had been confusion between itself and the dealer as to which party was handling the matter – but that "the repair should now be authorised".

Fishermen in remote villages with no fixed lines use mobiles to know which market to head to; taxi drivers in poor cities say they can double their income when regular customers can phone directly.

These big proprietary hardware units sit in the phone closet and directly interconnect desktop phones with whatever outside phone connections a firm has.