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01. I think you've got the wrong number. What number did you [dial]?
02. Could you [dial] the number for me? My hands are all dirty.
03. If there is an emergency, [dial] 911.
04. Timothy felt really nervous as he [dialed] the phone number of a pretty girl in his class.
05. His eyesight is getting bad, so it is difficult for him to see the numbers on the [dial] of his telephone.
06. I think I [dialed] the wrong number because someone I don't know answered the phone.
07. When I was a kid, my friends and I liked to [dial] up phone numbers at random, and leave stupid messages.
08. If you see someone in danger, [dial] 911 immediately.
09. Our telephone has an option that will automatically [redial] a number for you until someone answers.
10. We don't really [dial] telephones anymore; we just push buttons.
11. The victim had his hands tied behind his back, and was obliged to [dial] the telephone with his toes.
12. I can't get a [dial] tone on the telephone. There must a problem with the connection.
13. The fax machine tried [dialing] the number about a hundred times, but just couldn't get through.
14. Lowell Duckett once said that it's quicker to pull out your gun than to [dial] 911 if you're being robbed.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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