Sydney: Did you call Ben last night?
John: Yes. I tried to get a hold of him last night, but it was so difficult to get through.
Sydney: That's strange. Maybe he was on the Net.
John: That's probably it! No wonder the line was busy all the time! Maybe he ought to get another line.
Sydney: Or he should get call-waiting.

Sandy: Why didn't you call me yesterday?
Thomas: I tried to get a hold of you, but I couldn't get through.
Sandy: What time did you call?
Thomas: I tried all morning.
Sandy: Then I can't understand why you couldn't get through.
Thomas: I kept getting a busy signal.
Sandy: Hmmmm.....

Ruben: Is your phone out of order?
Donna: What do you mean?
Ruben: I tried calling you all night, but I wasn't able to get through.
Donna: Oh, I was on the phone all night. Sorry about that.
Ruben: Well, you might wanna add call-waiting to your phone service if you're always on the phone
Donna: I guess so.

Lucy: What's wrong with your phone, Dale? I tried to call you all night last night.
Dale: I'm sorry. No one was able to get through yesterday. My telephone was disconnected by the phone company.
Lucy: What happened? Didn't you pay the bill?
Dale: Well...er...I forgot.

Howard: I can hardly hear you, Nick!
Nick: Oh, we seem to have a bad connection on this phone.
Howard: Could you speak up, please?
Nick: I'm talking as loud as I can.
Howard: I'm going to hang up and call again.
Nick: All right!

John: Hello, may I speak to Mr. Brown?
Secretary: He just left.
John: When do you expect him back?
Secretary: I'm sorry, but he's gone for the day. Would you care to leave a message?
John: Could you tell him that John Smith called and have him call me back tomorrow?
Secretary: Sure. May I have your phone number?
John: I think he has my number.
Secretary: Thank you, Mr. Smith. I'll tell him you called.
John: Thanks.

Joe: Hello, May I speak to Mr. Brown?
Secretary: I'm sorry. He's out to lunch. Would you like to leave a message?
Joe: What time do you expect him back?
Secretary: Mr. Smith should be back in half an hour.
Joe: Thank you. I'll try back later.

Jose: Pamela, can you come to a meeting on Friday?
Pamela: I'm not sure. Let me check my schedule. When are you having it?
Jose: We're planning on having it around noon.
Pamela: Let me get back to you in a few minutes.
Jose: Sure. If I'm not in, could you leave a message on my answering machine?
Pamela: Sure thing.

Timothy: Stanley, there's a Mr. Miller on the phone who wants to talk to you.
Stanley: I'm busy at the moment. Can you ask him to hold? Tell him I'll talk with him in a few seconds.
Timothy: Sure. He's on Line 2.
Stanley: Thanks, Timothy.