1.   Before he could reply, the phone suddenly went dead.

2.   I waited, and a bit later the phone went again -- it was Bill.

3.   There goes the phone.

4.   Before he could answer, the phone went dead.

5.   Any minute now, that phone is going to ring.

6.   Just after six, with darkness falling, I decided to go down to the bar for a drink, was pulling on my jacket when the phone went.

7.   The phone went down in laughter, and Edward replaced his receiver with a pleasantly hollow stomach.

8.   Some water came up and hit my bum, and that was when the phone went.

9.   The voice giggled, the phone went dead.

10.   The phone goes off like an alarm clock at my elbow.