31.   With barely a pause, Ringo takes the phone.

32.   Police officers then took the phone, she said.

33.   Campbell said Sands-McKevitt was crying as she spoke of her fears for her children before her husband took the phone from her, the newspaper said.

34.   Consumers can clog the system even without dialing because just taking the phone off the hook engages the system.

35.   Finally a family member took the phone and begged the doctor to come to the ward.

36.   He took the phone with a smile and obliged.

37.   The hostage-taker then took the phone and said she was upset because she had lost her job, her family and all hope for the future.

38.   Prasit tried taking the phone off the hook at night, but then people called during the daytime.