call - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • receive: Each house has a communal telephone which will receive incoming calls.
  • answer: Bracing himself for the worst he answered the call.
  • please: If the product you require is not on our website please call or email for a price!
  • reject: Michael Evans, " Nato rejects call to cut nuclear arms " , The Times, London, 9 December 1998.

Preposition: on

  • government: I know that you are calling on the Government to provide more money to housing in the forthcoming spending review.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • upon: Indeed Such was called upon to make a couple of fine saves in his unfamiliar role.

Adjective modifier

  • incoming: Each house has a communal telephone which will receive incoming calls.
  • wake-up: However, that moment provided the wake-up call Crystal Palace needed, who soon turned up the heat on the visitors.
  • outgoing: Working alongside your existing phone cable, it offers Internet access without disrupting incoming or outgoing calls.
  • inbound: Voice menu You can create voice menus to manage and redirect inbound calls.

Modifies a noun

  • +44: Call +44 ( 0 ) 8706 082608 for bus services from the airport.
  • center: We also offer a 24-hour emergency call center service to help out anyone with problems.
  • center: Call center that national associations from at walter s obvious violations by.
  • handling: As Chris Warren concludes: The career materials we are developing are starting to focus on customer management... rather than just the call handling.

Noun used with modifier

  • phone: She was located using SMS messages because the phone signal was not strong enough for phone calls.
  • telephone: I managed to find Lenny's telephone number and gave him a telephone call.
  • emergency: We also offer a 24-hour emergency call center service to help out anyone with problems.
  • conference: To view the transcript of the conference call, go to www.j-sainsbury.co.uk on 23 June 2006.

Used with why or when

  • What: It's called What 's a Girl Gotta Do?

Preposition: for

  • inquiry: Some campaigners have called for a government inquiry into violence carried out by fathers given access to children.

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