The alternative, she said, was that a victim rang a bell at the reception desk of their local police station, and had to "say in an open waiting room, 'I've been raped'".
And a man rang to ask for the phone number of a plumber as he had come home to find he had a leak in the bathroom.
Somewhere on the property or at a distant station, a bell rang--plenty of time for you still to grab some goodies, raid the fridge, use the bathroom and be on your way before the rent-a-cops arrived.
As a chorus of disppointed chants rang out from the home fans, Sheffield Wednesday set about at least achieving respectibility and Simon Donnelly pulled a goal back midway through the half - nine minutes after replacing Owusu.
She rang the police because of a terrible row in the house which frightened her.
Excitement grew as a gun salute rang out from the Tower of London.
She gently coaxed Diane into coming into the house for a cup of tea while her husband rang Joanne and the police.
French coach Bernard Laporte rang the changes bringing on a trio of scrummagers and replacing veterans Raphael Ibanez, making a record 93rd appearance for a hooker, Fabien Pelous and Martin.
At a time of deep division nearly 50 years ago, a booming voice for justice rang out across the National Mall, reverberated around our country, and sent ripples throughout the world.
Perhaps the most famous example is when Richard Griffiths ordered a woman out of his West End play Heroes in 2005 after her mobile phone rang for a third time.
At the stroke of midnight, a muffled roar rang out -- I couldn't see the store doors open because I was around the corner -- and the next 10 minutes was a satisfying blur.
The supporter was taken away on a stretcher from the ground to hospital as a round of applause by both sets of supporters rang out.
The historically socialistic French populace firmly rang the bell of reform with Sarkozy, who ran a pro-business campaign in one of the more vivid electoral duels in recent memory.
Thus, the story about the drop in oil prices that the press yammered on about all day seemed more than a little silly by the time the closing bell rang at the corner of Broad and Wall.
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We rang the bell and waited for a tour, as the sign in front of the museum instructed.
In 1995 a young engineering student from the University of Virginia, John Paul Huguley, rang Fallingwater's staff to explain that, according to his calculations, the building was unsound.
Only when the Guardian rang them for a comment about its latest remarkable story did News International learn of the latest assault on the reputation of the UK's largest newspaper group.
When the closing bell rang, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 10, 466.93 - a loss of just over 235 points or 2.2%.
The idea of waking up in the morning, hearing a river and looking up at pine trees rang an ancient and clear bell in me.
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For me, the quintessential L.A. experience occurred a number of years ago when I was crashing at Paul's apartment in West Hollywood and the doorbell rang.
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