They were not paid to do this. They earned their money at other jobs, but dropped what they were doing when the fire bell rang.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

They formed little by little tens of thousands of years ago when sea levels dropped.

VOA: special.2010.11.10

So when the fire alarm bell rang, men near the sound of the fire bell dropped what they were doing and rushed out to fight the fire.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

When that did not happen bombs were dropped and that ended the engagement."

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

European incentive programs threatened to spin out of control when solar module prices dropped - decreasing producers' costs - while the rates utilities had to pay to buy that power stayed high.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

He is gong to die." Many close to the case in Britain were disappointed last week when Megrahi dropped his appeal, which would have allowed for a review and examination of the evidence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

In the new study, they randomly assigned patients to get AIDS medicines when their CD4 count hit 200, the standard procedure, or to get the antiretrovirals earlier, when their CD4 had only dropped to 350.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21