Sentence examples for to be phoning from inspiring English sources

But too often Scully, that fine actress Gillian Anderson (last seen delightedly snubbing bitch-face Helene at court in a certain Tolstoyan drama) seemed to be phoning it in – not even phoning, that doesn't convey the overall datedness.

Some of the other starchitects are perceived to be phoning it in.

One of Clegg's duties on 8 May is certain to be phoning those colleagues who have lost their seats.

This is possible because voice mail systems often grant access to callers who appear to be phoning from their own number.

Political aides in Downing Street are understood to be phoning around senior business executives asking them to pull out of a campaign organised by a group closely associated with the Out campaign.

The requests are so constant that for awhile, his wife put a recording on their answering machine in East Hampton advising people rude enough to be phoning their house for such business, "If you're calling for tickets, we're not home".

He had to be phoned and booked for next year.

Even then they might not be very keen to be phoned up at home.

Much of it is about people who need to be phoned, mostly big art-world names: Frank Stella, Philip Johnson, Bruce Nauman.

They will be asked whether they agree to take part now (Yes/No), or whether they would prefer to be phoned back later.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak used to be "phone phreaks", who would use "blue boxes" to make long-distance (often prank) calls for free.