Already, the vast majority of real fires are reported by either private or public telephones - 66,175 last year, according to fire officials.

Automatically, he looked back through the open door as the private telephone in the inner office signaled.

The blonde was already talking in a low voice over her private telephone.

In a first class cabin, you were able to have a private telephone, which was extremely rare on board a ship.

As his father gave him a knowing smile, the private telephone on Tom's desk rang.

His highly secret, private telephone at MI-5 simply did not answer.

He went across the street and used a private telephone.

"I'll need this room for a while," he said, walking to the desk which held her private telephone.

Fifteen years ago, only a privileged few had private telephones.

At 11:57 pm, all 3.4 million private telephones in Poland were cut off.