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please check this paragraph - mistake?

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Hello

Yesterday I wanted to contact Dr. Graham's office but I dialled the wrong telephone number by mistake.I realized I got the wrong number when I received an answering machine and I immediately ended my call.
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Hi Jasper - just a couple of things...

"I realized I had the wrong number when I reached an answering machine...".

Everything else is OK.

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May I ask a question to Mr. Hermit?
jasper wrote:Yesterday I wanted to contact Dr. Graham's office..
Is "contact with Dr..." also possible?

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hi hermit,
I had a quastion the same Xkalibur
thanks.
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That would be "Yesterday I wanted to get in contact with Dr. Graham's..."
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hermit wrote:"I realized I had the wrong number when I reached an answering machine...".
Is it possible to say

I realised I had had the wrong number as I reached an answering machine..

Thanks
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