I was going to have him called away from the house on some pretext or other.

我当时正打算用什么借口，让人把他从房子里叫出去。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

However, after my rich uncle who owns stock in the company called there and pulled the strings, I was hired right away.

但是我那个拥有这家公司股票的有钱叔叔的打电话去从中斡旋、幕后牵线，我马上就被雇用了。

youdao

My father called me (I was living several hours away with a friend) to say she wasn’t feeling well; she was dead a month later.

我爸爸电话中告诉我（我那时跟一个朋友住在一起，那地方要走好几个小时才能到家）说她感到不舒服；一个月后她死了。

youdao

She called while I was away from my desk, leaving a message saying that she missed her flight.

FORBES: Taking Rides from Strangers, Or How A Possible Marriage Proposal Can Make A Sane Person Crazy