11.   And it hurt him when some musician friends called him an Uncle Tom because he clowned around for predominantly white audiences.

12.   As she was leaving the apartment a friend called, asking to borrow some movies.

13.   As word of the birth got out, friends called to cheer Ms. Wasserstein on.

14.   Biz, as his friends called him, sprang half-formed into acting.

15.   Blumenstock, whom friends called Bob or Bloomy, was called upon to help resolve that conflict.

16.   A day later, our consultant friend called with other ideas on how to master the machine.

17.   A friend called and said I had to come over and see his new computer.

18.   A friend called Alice Hightower at work, at a used furniture store, to say that her house and her tiny beauty shop nearby were on fire.

19.   A friend called the other day to say he had gone to his first Clippers game this season and could scarcely believe his eyes.

20.   A friend calls from New York.