1.   He checked the telephone number with the concierge before placing a call.

2.   Amid the current turmoil, the television personalities Shay Goldstein and Dror Rafael placed crank calls to Hezbollah and the Iranian parliament.

3.   An additional option allows users to place calls with voice commands.

4.   An emergency call was placed to Penn, who had earlier turned down the role due to scheduling conflicts, but by then had a window of free time.

5.   And his friends placed unsolicited calls to reporters to declare that Giuliani was in the race to stay, no matter how he sounded at his news conference.

6.   And Laura Giglio of Bellmore waited by a bank of phones to place a call to a car service.

7.   And then I place a call to Robert Stuber.

8.   As recently as two years ago, placing a call over the Internet required both parties to talk through the sound system of their PCs.

9.   As soon as we arrived at the resort, I placed a call for a sitter.

10.   At the school, he ducked into an office and placed another call to Senate majority leader Trent Lott.