brackets phone format

[softy783@hotmail.com]

i have a mixed data base of phone formats

ie {nnn} nnn-nnnn and nnn nnn nnnn and nnn-nnn-nnnn

note the brackets and spaces and dashes

trying to do a lookup via

"Phone>Starts With>{"

"Phone>Starts With>{nnn}

i want the results only to show phone numbers starting with a bracket

however I am getting numbers without the brackets

some how the lookup is ignoring the bracket

unless my bolean search is wrong any idears

thanks inadvance