She was not to contact her family for the next ten years.

The police down there had waited that long to contact our family in Washington.

"Then I could explain what happened and demand that they contact my family."

Last night police were trying to contact his family.

He contacted his family only once during a brief phone call.

You know what it's like, away for weeks at a time, can't contact your family.

He went four months without being able to contact his family.

Have you tried contacting my family to see what they can do?

I have not contacted my family for more than six years.

Jim's plan might have worked, but a year later, in August 1902, he tried to contact his family and was discovered by the authorities.