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The phrase "when the phone rang" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an action that happened at the same time as another action. For example, "I was just starting to eat dinner when the phone rang."
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He'd known what it was when the phone rang.
Except when the phone rang twice, then twice again.
When the phone rang, Borowski was relieved and happy.
I was just hanging around when the phone rang.
When the phone rang, he did not answer it.
No sooner did she get home when the phone rang.
He was wearing the Zoombak when the phone rang.
It was eight at night when the phone rang.
Were you reading, a cat curled up on your lap, when the phone rang?
The Bradleys were at their house in the South of France when the phone rang.
He had been sitting in his office when the phone rang.
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