| 单词 | long-distance call |
| 例句 | But it is a long-distance call from Greenville to Brooklyn, too much money and not enough time to explain that New York City is gray rock and quick-moving cars. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z After about four minutes the telephone rang shrill and insistent, that irritating, monotonous note of a long-distance call. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I went to make my second long-distance call ever. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She’d made a long-distance call from Libreville to make sure he was getting let out the next day for sure, and boy, did she make a beeline after that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He checked the directory and dialed a long-distance call through to the biggest beauty parlor in New Texas City. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a long-distance call for you,” he continued in the tone of the judge performing the disagreeable duty of telling the defendant his right. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never made a long-distance call in my life. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dad whispered to Momma, “Why does she think she’s got to yell into the phone for a long-distance call?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to a pay phone, but I wasn’t sure where to put the money or exactly how to make a long-distance call. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell him he got a long-distance call, somebody named Rebecca calling about his wife cells.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I pull some money out, thinking I might splurge on a long-distance call. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The proprietor insisted that he hadn’t called Anna’s house and that nobody else would have been allowed to make a long-distance call from his phone. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z What time do you make a long-distance call home?’” How Ann Patchett puts her 'moral core' into her novels 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z In the summer of 1977, two years after that first long-distance call, having negotiated the initial Doze homestead settlement, Paul Barrett finally flew to the Wrangell Mountains to see the family secret for himself. How a family secret (or two) led a Seattle attorney to his grandfather’s Alaskan ghost town 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Somebody came up and told me I had a long-distance call at the front desk. Golf with the Boss - Golf Digest 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Satish Puri said Lamb, who was staying at the Hub Motel, had come to the night window at the office to ask to use the telephone for a long-distance call. Man charged with hate crimes in beating of 70-year-old woman 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z After decades of recording phone call costs it reported the average long-distance call in 2006 cost just 6 cents per minute. Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming more accessible – and smart 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Almost every day, he walked down the street to a bank of three telephone booths, entered one of them, and made a long-distance call. Why Do We Care So Much About Privacy? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Now, 14 years after his grandfather’s death, Paul received a long-distance call from his father. How a family secret (or two) led a Seattle attorney to his grandfather’s Alaskan ghost town 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The fictional Kiyani is both a dandy and a demented torturer, “the kind of man who picks up a phone, makes a long-distance call, and a bomb goes off in a crowded bazaar.” A Pakistani Novelist Tests the Limits 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z My dad was proud at their ingenuity, though less so for their inattention to long-distance call costs. When Dungeons & Dragons Set Off a ‘Moral Panic’ 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z The telephone equipment recognized a long-distance call by the second digit of the area code. ‘Number, please’ 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Users do pay data charges to access them, but they may eat into operator revenue, such as when users make free Skype calls instead of paying the operator much more for a long-distance call. India’s fight for net neutrality 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z In a 2 to 1 decision in favor of reforms, the agency will immediately put into effect a cap of 25 cents per-minute on rates so that a 15 minute long-distance call can’t exceed $3.75. FCC approves rules to reform prison phone rates 2013-08-09T16:50:00Z The state-controlled former long-distance call monopoly was beefed up in 2011 through a merger with several regional operators to challenge private players in more lucrative market segments such as mobile, broadband and pay TV. Rostelecom bets on mobile internet, cloud to grow 2013-02-20T13:19:59Z I flashed on how you had to plug them with quarters when making a long-distance call — the sound of the coins dropping, the magic of voices connecting, the disconsolate feeling when your coins ran out. City Room: From a Familiar Stranger, a Poem Written on the Stars 2012-06-04T18:08:19Z This time it was a long-distance call from Mr. Peck, the credit manager of Bates & Hotchkin. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z Tom Kerr of Pittsburgh will never forget the long-distance call from his elderly mother, who was in a hospital in the Cleveland area with a broken leg. Well: Tuning In to Patients' Cries for Help 2011-05-30T22:21:45Z He himself carries a gun, and when he hears that his daughter’s husband has hit her, he and Dubus make a late-night long-distance call to California, looking for someone to break the man’s legs. Rough Boys 2011-02-26T16:45:10Z But this time, it was a long-distance call. Kamiak holds off E-W, 63-57 | Boys Basketball 2010-12-22T06:32:43Z "Operator, I want to place a long-distance call." The Caves of Fear About twelve o'clock I got a long-distance call from Mr. Field, the secretary of the Hardware Association. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z There were innumerable forms to fill out and affidavits to make; there was a long-distance call to UN headquarters in New York to verify Karnes' identity. Instant of Decision I forgot the long-distance call––the one we expected yesterday.” The Gorgeous Girl The long-distance call was a request from Mr. Rogers to come to Pittsburgh. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Soames made his long-distance call on a Monday, when war seemed likely to come perhaps within hours. Long Ago, Far Away It was a long-distance call and kept me there most half an hour; and what it was all about I don't know now. Walter and the Wireless I had a long-distance call coming in here from the Right Excellent Basil Wallingford, Minister for Spatial Affairs, Capitol City. Unwise Child Besides, there was a valid excuse of waiting to catch an important long-distance call. The Gorgeous Girl Fixing her with his tragical old eyes, he informed her that he had received a long-distance call from David Verne's physician, who had telephoned from the house in Westchester County. Sacrifice Tom agreed, and his father placed the long-distance call to Washington. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung In a few moments he managed to get a long-distance call through to Wes Norris of the FBI. Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X Rivers got a long-distance call from Topeka last night; ten fifteen to ten seventeen. Murder in the Gunroom Almost a year after I had first heard the UFO-radiation story I got a long-distance call from a friend on the west coast. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects He left the table to put in a long-distance call. Mrs. Red Pepper He also contacted the nearest Coast Guard station and put through a long-distance call to Navy Headquarters in Washington to request help in searching for the jetmarine. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung At about three o'clock in the afternoon a long-distance call came on the telephone for Miss Robson. The Blood Red Dawn That night when I got back to the hotel I found a long-distance call from old Henry Harman. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories I immediately put in a long-distance call to the intelligence officer. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects But it was a long-distance call from New York. Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold Should a long-distance call come up, it would be different, but not all that different. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Through the half-open green baize door leading to the servants' quarters some unseen person was bawling down the telephone in a heated controversy with the exchange about a long-distance call to London. The Yellow Streak She rang the necessary bell for the operator in Truckee and put in her long-distance call in low tones which demanded a repetition before the operator got it right. The Everlasting Whisper I put in a long-distance call, found the pilot, and flipped on my recorder so that I could get his story word for word. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects I was expecting a long-distance call, Lady Wetherby, and left word I would be here. Uneasy Money He was still talking, still lecturing his hearers upon the obligations prosperity had put upon them, when he was summoned to the telephone by a long-distance call. Flowing Gold At 3:24 entered the telephone building and placed a long-distance call. The Valley of the Giants A few other local calls and a long-distance call from Mr. Willoughby cut short by his not finding his wife at home followed. The Dream Doctor About 5:00P.M. the telephone rang and the operator told me that I had a long-distance call from California. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects There was a long-distance call for you this afternoon. Half a Rogue Almost everything involved a long-distance call and he was always searching for ways to make calls for free. Underground He hurried to the telephone building and put in a long-distance call for the San Francisco office of the Cardigan Redwood Lumber Company. The Valley of the Giants It was a long-distance call from Charlottetown for Jem. Rilla of Ingleside It was I who put in that long-distance call. Children of the Whirlwind It proved to be a long-distance call from New York for Tom himself. The Silent Bullet Some people believe phreaking includes stealing a credit card number and using it to make a long-distance call for free. Underground His departure reminded other servants of duties they had neglected, and one of the guests, also, on remembering he had put in a long-distance call, hastened to the house. The Nature Faker As soon as Miranda, pallid, scared, but desperately resolved, had gone, Rilla flew to the telephone and put in a long-distance call for Charlottetown. Rilla of Ingleside It was a long-distance call from Yonkers, sent by James, the faithful chauffeur. The Red Cross Girl |
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