"Mind if I use the phone to make a quick local call?"

Then again they didn't know their own phones couldn't make calls.

Some even said using a phone made them better drivers.

The six phones to his left made him look like a big shot.

Then again they didn't know their own phones couldn't make calls, so I guess anything is possible.

Total rental cost: $84.95, which would have been a good deal if the phone had actually made calls.

I would think someone had been in the house when I'd go out, that the phone was making noises.

This means the phone cannot make or receive calls until the connection is made again.

"They just want a phone to make sure Grandma doesn't get lost," he said.

"I pick up my phone occasionally to make sure it's still working," he said.