He left the room to make a brief call and returned.

He stopped in a telephone booth and made a brief call.

The interview was interrupted by a brief call from his father.

He picked up the phone and made a brief call.

But after the brief call, my ears were ringing anyhow.

His response was a brief call from the Lincoln post office.

This was true; he had once spent an afternoon in the town when his boat had made a brief call there.

It was a brief call, perhaps three minutes, apparently made from the street.

It was a brief call, not long enough for a police tracer of any kind.

He would have two, one to make brief calls to the American government, and another to call his friends.