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When I lost my phone on the bus... Every day I go to work by bus. Some years ago I was returning home after work. When my husband came to my village bus station by car to bring me home (we live 2 km far from the bus station!) he said to me:"Why didn't you answer when I called you by phone some minutes ago?" "because I didn't hear the call! - I said - Look, my phone is working and there isn't notifications of lost calls.... opsss... WHERE IS MY PHONE??" While I was talking I was also looking for my phone in the bag, but I realized that it wasn't inside anymore! "I've lost my phone on the bus! But if I try to reach the bus perhaps I'll find it on the seat!" So I asked my husband to give me his car (he returned home by feet!) and I drove as fast as I could towards the final destination of the bus, at 20 km of distance. There was also few fuel but I hadn't time to stop my crazy race! I arrived at the bus station when the driver was closing the bus for the night (it was already 7.30 pm), I looked for the phone in the same seat but it wasn't there. So I asked the driver to call it, but nothing rang. At the end I found the phone on the bus floor: it couldn't ring because its battery was over! I was so happy to have found it! So I could return home by car, but I was over 20 km far and with very few fuel! It was dark, late, the first gas station was quite 10 km later and I was driving alone in the middle of the countryside, with a phone already turned off. I prayed to arrive on time and God heard me. But when I arrived at the gas station I realized that I never did fuel alone at my husband car: I wasn't able to open the fuel door... and I couldn't phone him. Blushing, I asked a man (another client) to help me... The solution was very simple but I hadn't see it before! At least, at 8.30 pm, I arrived home.... very happy but also very tired!!

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When I lost my phone on the bus...

Every day, I go to work by bus. A few years ago I was returning home after work and when my husband came to my village bus station by car to take me home (we live 2 km from the bus station!) he said to me: "Why didn't you answer when I called you a few minutes ago?" "Because I didn't hear the call!" I said. "Look, my phone is working and there aren't any notifications about missed calls... oops... WHERE IS MY PHONE??" While I was talking I was also looking for my phone in my bag, but I realized that it wasn't inside anymore!
"I've lost my phone on the bus! But if I try to catch up with the bus, perhaps I'll find it on the seat!" I asked my husband to give me his car (he returned home on foot!) and I drove as fast as I could towards the final destination of the bus, which was 20km away. There wasn't much fuel in the car but I didn't have time to stop my crazy race! I arrived at the bus station as the driver was closing the bus for the night (it was already 7.30 pm). I looked for the phone on the same seat but it wasn't there, so I asked the driver to call it, but nothing rang. In the end I found the phone on the bus floor: it couldn't ring because the battery was dead!
I was so happy to have found it! I could return home by car, but I was over 20 km away and with very little fuel! It was dark, late and the nearest gas station was 10 km away. I was driving alone in the middle of the countryside, with a phone already turned off. I prayed to arrive on time and God heard me. But when I arrived at the gas station I realized that I had never put fuel in my husband's car on my own: I wasn't able to open the fuel door... and I couldn't phone him. Blushing, I asked a man (another client) to help me... the solution was very simple but I hadn't seen it before! Finally, at 8.30 pm, I arrived home.... very happy but also very tired!
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When I lost my phone on the bus...

Every day I go to work by bus. Some years ago I was returning home after work. When my husband came to my village bus station by car to bring me home ["to pick me up" would be more common] (we live 2 km far from the bus station!) he said to me:"Why didn't you answer when I called you by phone some a few minutes ago?" "because I didn't hear the call! - I said - Look, my phone is working and there isn't notifications of lost calls ["there aren't any missed call messages" would be better].... opsss... WHERE IS MY PHONE??" While I was talking I was also looking for my the phone in the my bag [what you wrote is ok but this is what a native speaker would say], but I realized that it wasn't inside anymore there!
"I've I lost my phone on the bus! But if I try to reach could catch the bus perhaps I'll I'd [contraction of "I would"] find it on the seat!" So I asked my husband to give lend me his car (he returned [or "went'] home by feet foot!) and I drove as fast as I could towards the bus's final destination of the bus, at 20 km of distance away. There was also few fuel wasn't much fuel but I hadn't ["didn't have" would sound better] time to stop my crazy race! I arrived at [or "got to"] the bus station when as the driver was closing the bus for the night (it was already 7.30 pm), I looked for the phone in the same seat but it wasn't there. So I asked the driver to call it, but nothing rang. At the end I found the phone on the bus floor: it couldn't ring because its battery was over dead!

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When I lost my phone on the bus...

Every day I go to work by bus. Some years ago I was returning home after work. When my husband came to my village bus station by car to bring me home (we live 2 km far from the bus station!) he said to me:"Why didn't you answer when I called you by phone some minutes ago?" "because I didn't hear the call! - I said - Look, my phone is working and there isn't notifications of lost calls.... opsss... WHERE IS MY PHONE??" While I was talking I was also looking for my phone in the bag, but I realized that it wasn't inside anymore!
"I've left my phone on the bus! But if I try to reach the bus perhaps I'll find it still on the seat!" So I asked my husband to give me his car (he walked home! ouch!) and I drove as fast as I could towards the bus terminus 20 km away. There was little fuel but I hadn't time to stop my crazy race! I arrived at the bus station when the driver was closing the bus for the night (it was already 7.30 pm), I looked for the phone in the same seat but it wasn't there. So I asked the driver to call it, but nothing rang. In the end I found the phone on the bus floor: it couldn't ring because its battery was dead!
I was so happy to have found it! So I could return home by car, but that was more than 20 km away and I had very little fuel! (why not take the bus?). It was dark, late and the first gas station was 10 km away and I was driving alone in the middle of the countryside, with a dead phone. I prayed to (St Christopher?) arrive on time and God heard me. But when I arrived at the gas station I realized that I never did fuel alone at my husband car (?): I wasn't able to open the fuel door... and I couldn't phone him. Blushing, I asked a man (another driver) to help me... The solution was very simple but I hadn't see it before! At last, at 8.30 pm, I arrived home.... very happy but also very tired!!
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I was so happy to have found it! So I could return home by car, but I was over 20 km far away and with very few little fuel! It was dark, late, the first gas station was quite [probably good in England; try "at least" in USA] 10 km later away and I was driving alone in the middle of the countryside, with a phone already turned off. I prayed to arrive on time and God heard me. But when I arrived at [or "reached"] the gas station I realized that I had never did fueled alone at my husband's car on my own [probably better to say, "I didn't know how to fuel (or 'fill') my husband's car]: I wasn't able to open the fuel door [could also say, "fuel gate"] ... and I couldn't phone him. Blushing, I asked a man (another client customer) to help me... The solution was very simple but I hadn't see it done before! At least last, at 8.30 pm, I arrived [could say, "got"] home.... very happy but also very tired!!


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