I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bell rings out (= it rings loudly )
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The bells rang out to celebrate the end of the war.
a bell rings
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I could hear the church bells ringing in the distance.
a rung of a ladder (= the part you put your foot on )
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The first rung of the ladder was broken.
a shot rings out (= is heard )
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Suddenly, two shots rang out.
a spy ring ( also a network of spies ) (= a group of spies )
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He was well informed through his network of spies.
a telephone rings
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The telephone rang, but Tom didn’t answer it.
call/phone/ring in sick (= phone to say you are not coming in to work because you are ill )
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I could have called in sick, but I knew you needed this report.
circus ring (= a large circular area where tricks are performed )
engagement ring
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Jerry bought her a beautiful sapphire engagement ring.
eternity ring
gas ring
gold watch/chain/ring etc
hollow ring
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Even as he spoke, Ivan was well aware of the hollow ring to his words.
key ring
napkin ring
piston ring
rang high
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A strange cry rang high into the night.
ring a bell
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He was ringing a big brass bell.
ring binder
ring finger
ring road
ring the doorbell (= push the button )
signet ring
the bottom rung (= of a ladder )
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I put my foot on the bottom rung and started to climb.
the phone rings
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Around three o'clock, the phone rang.
web ring
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a classical music web ring
wedding ring
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
concentric
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These are usually made up of a central pit or cup, surrounded by one ring or concentric rings or spiral turns.
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Spaced evenly from the bottom up, concentric rings of black crow feathers rise to the top of the cairn.
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The other is a piece of reef shaped like a fungal bracket of concentric rings , or perhaps like a footprint cast.
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The largest craters show, in addition to their rim walls and central peak structures, outer concentric rings of mountains.
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It is built of large blocks of travertine stone and the arch has two concentric rings of radiating voussoirs.
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One theory suggests that personality can be viewed as a series of concentric rings .
diamond
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He recently forked out more than £350,000 on a huge diamond ring as a token of his love.
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She wore large gold earrings and a heavy strand of pearls, and on her right hand was a huge diamond ring .
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Deronda calls on Mirah to ask her to marry him, laying his gloves and diamond ring on a table.
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Ruby and diamond ring , $ 129.
familiar
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Just as the current crisis has a distinctly familiar ring to it, so too do the solutions being offered.
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These and other questions have a familiar ring because versions of these same questions are posted in various places on the walls.
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The indirect solutions for ecological appropriation have a more familiar land reform ring but are not without positive environmental implications.
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We pull out some coins and drop them on to the counter, where they make, no doubt, a familiar ring .
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If such a three-pronged assault on the ailing Soviet economy has a familiar ring to it, that is hardly surprising.
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Charles's animated eyes widen to reveal familiar dramatic rings of white around the blue as we exchange a silent look.
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Once a few have been mastered it is surprising how quickly the most ponderous sounding scientific name acquires a familiar ring .
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Some findings will have a familiar ring in the West.
gold
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The dull reflection came from a gold finger ring .
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His skin was dark, dark brown, his head perfectly slick, his ear pierced by a tiny gold ring .
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It included a huge shot of her Cartier diamond and white-\#gold engagement ring .
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He poured himself another inch of whiskey, the gold rings on his fingers tapping the glass, restless percussion.
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He wore a gold ring , engraved with the letter R - his Christmas present from Johanna.
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His golden hair was parted down the middle, and he wore a gold ring on his right hand.
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The gold wedding ring to complement it perfectly was made in her studio.
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On the index finger of his left hand he wore a gold signet ring .
hollow
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But the famous Bongs! will have a hollow ring for millions of soccer fans anxiously waiting for news of their teams.
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It resembles a hollow ring of land surrounded by scattered archipelagos.
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The thought had a hollow ring to it.
inner
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The inner ring itself could never quite understand her arrival there, and concluded finally that she made it through sheer cheek.
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Ringway One was an inner ring road running largely through working-class areas of housing stress.
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The inner ring is economically dependent on core Tyneside for the bulk of its employment opportunities.
key
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The tokens are swapped for Guinness T shirts, key rings , vouchers and customised prizes.
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She rummaged in her handbag for the key on its wooden key ring and tried to fit it into the lock.
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He had to fumble in it for some seconds before his fingers found the key ring .
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Interestingly, the use of key rings is confined solely to the Roman period.
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Sebastian Nocon got a huge key ring with the letter S on it from Fergie.
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Other good features include a spare bulb in the tail cap and a useful key ring facility.
outer
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The device clips to the outer ring of the drum cap, sealing the outlet.
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These in turn merge gradually into dark circles and bright outer rings with no evidence of impact cratering.
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The hind legs have to mark time while the forelegs cross over, making the outer ring of a wheel.
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The largest craters show, in addition to their rim walls and central peak structures, outer concentric rings of mountains.
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In the surrounding debris of apartment blocks more militia would be crouched, forming the outer defence ring of the beleaguered stronghold.
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Any way you look at it, the beams miss the bullseye and hit the outer ring .
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Vologsky took over control again, knowing that he must be within twenty miles of the outer warning ring around Alma-Ata.
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The outer country ring would be the chief reception area for overcrowded London.
■ NOUN
bell
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On hearing a bell ring before the appearance of food the animals quickly came to associate that sound with feeding time.
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Finally, the bell rings and kids burst joyfully out the door.
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The bell rings and as I approach the front door I can see Mrs Marsh through the frosted glass.
drug
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These days they can cost hundreds rather than thousands of pounds, and drug rings are known to be using them.
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Who did they represent - a government, the Mafia, some drug ring ?
engagement
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She had hoped his ideas lay in another direction, like an engagement ring .
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The glitter of the rhinestones was answered by the glitter of the diamond in her engagement ring .
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It included a huge shot of her Cartier diamond and white-gold engagement ring .
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She is sometimes seen by his side but wears no engagement ring .
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She was Tim's first choice when he set out to find the perfect engagement ring for the woman he loved.
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A full guarantee comes with every Beaverbrooks purchase and a year's free insurance policy with your engagement ring .
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He is the heavenly Lover's engagement ring given to us.
finger
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According to Winston, men generally have a longer ring finger than index finger.
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Dunne has a dislocated ring finger on his right hand.
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So, do tomboyish girls, and footballers have very long ring fingers ?
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In November 1991, Jones suffered ligament and joint damage to his left ring finger in a dirt-bike accident.
gas
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He threw down the knife, turned off the gas ring and stamped down the hall.
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An analogy from control engineering would be a kettle on a gas ring .
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In one corner is a gas ring , in another a table with some school books on it.
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There is a gas ring in my room and the percolator is bubbling.
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And once he had realized that ... To the left of the gas ring was a note.
onion
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They are best used raw or cooked only briefly, and they make great onion rings .
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The happy hour food menu includes hot wings, chicken quesadillas, onion rings and crab cakes, among others.
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Serve garnished with the retained onion rings and the drained lemon rind.
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Season with salt and serve with onion rings .
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The golden, oversized onion rings are beauties.
phone
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He had heard the phone ring but did not listen to what was said.
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He let the phone ring twenty times, thirty, tried the line again, let it ring forty times.
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If your phone rings at 2.15 a.m. you'd better hope that too.
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Simply to imagine it is to defy credibility: A phone rings in a boarding house in Mobile, Alabama.
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If the phone rings you know your dialer and modem are talking to each other properly.
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The earlier the phone rings , the worse the news.
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The phone rings and he retires to the office to attend to it.
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The phone rings and you have to pick it up by the fourth ring or it rolls over to the message service.
piston
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Pardue's aircraft had metal on the oil filter screens as well as part of a piston ring .
road
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All the good spots are close to the ring road .
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I stayed with him in the heavy traffic round the ring road , skirting the city centre and out towards Bingley.
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Access at the bottom of Tubwell Row to the ring road might have to be controlled by traffic lights.
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Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years.
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She fills up with petrol on the ring road .
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Back beside the ring road and the footbridge.
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It is so obvious that they should all stay outside the ring road except for the bus station where they would all terminate.
signet
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The dancer Fred Astaire was among those in modern times who have worn a signet ring on the right hand.
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The signet rings were probably the prerogative of the rich, as they were often made of gold or silver.
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On the index finger of his left hand he wore a gold signet ring .
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She went into the hall and rested Johnny's signet ring on the little table there.
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Schumacher fiddled energetically with his signet ring , and offered no further conversation beyond a snort of ridicule.
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Such letters are sealed with the cardinal's own signet ring .
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Johnny's signet ring was somewhere in the hall; there was no doubting it.
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Glynn also had stolen from him a purse containing £22 and a gold signet ring .
spy
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Secret files reveal an Oxford spy ring .
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It suggests there was an Oxford spy ring in the 1930s which passed secrets to the Soviet Union.
wedding
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If you buy your engagement ring from them you will get a 10 percent discount on your wedding ring or rings.
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She was fiddling self-consciously with her wedding ring , twisting it around below her knuckle.
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She recognized her wedding ring but nothing else.
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Yet a far stronger and more symbolic object remains - the wedding ring .
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She had, after all, a wedding ring on her finger, so there must have been a Mr Salt.
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And don't forget the 10 percent discount you will receive on further purchases when you choose your wedding ring at Beaverbrooks.
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What looked like a wedding ring was wedged on her thumb.
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The gold wedding ring to complement it perfectly was made in her studio.
■ VERB
break
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He broke off at the ring of the doorbell.
buy
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Later, she and Damian drove down into Central District to buy her engagement ring .
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He ad wanted to buy her a ring , but neither of them were ready for that yet.
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It was even possible now, with the prospect of the extra money, to think of buying her a ring .
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As we hadn't bought our wedding rings , we had to make do with cheap imitations from the hospital gift shop.
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Malc sold his trumpet to buy me a wedding ring .
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He bought her a ring , with little seed pearls and a sapphire.
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If you buy your engagement ring from them you will get a 10 percent discount on your wedding ring or rings.
form
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The ends of a helix can be joined to form a continuous ring or torus.
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Form a ball with remaining dough, roll it out and continue forming circles and rings until all dough is used.
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In the surrounding debris of apartment blocks more militia would be crouched, forming the outer defence ring of the beleaguered stronghold.
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Rings are attached along these tapes to form horizontal rows of rings .
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He descends down to the people, and they form a ring around him.
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A scrum of security guards formed a protective ring around the boxer as they fought back the crowd.
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Some of it escaped into space and the rest formed a ring of hot gas in orbit round the Earth.
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As they paddle sedately forward across the water, they suddenly form a ring .
give
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Whatever your needs or circumstances give us a ring now!
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Then he gave him a magic ring from his own finger.
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Mr Evans gave it to me and he gave Carrie a ring .
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Perhaps, he thought with sudden abandon, he should give Edith Mallory a ring this very moment and express his thanks.
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Make a ring from the broken ring and the jewel. 30. Give the ring to Mum. 31.
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They gave her dolls, rings , shawls, baskets and necklaces.
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I suggested as gently as I could to Jean-Claude that he give Chaillot a ring .
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All points in a given delay ring are indistinguishable from one another using this information alone.
pull
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Lucker pulls the ring pull and extends it to him.
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Somebody had pulled his gold wedding ring off his pudgy hand.
run
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He was a Gemini, complex and clever, a dual personality who could run rings round her with contemptuous ease.
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Pepe runs a prostitution ring using street kids who sell maps to the homes of the stars between tricks.
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Soon we were running a successful escape ring .
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She ran rings round him, but he loved her all the same.
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For sheer cleverness she could run rings around them all.
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Who had run an escape ring .
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Adams left the jewels at Niven's Hollywood mansion after being arrested for running a call-girl ring .
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Fisher found a superb clip of Bernard running rings round pious Esther Rantzen in 1977.
wear
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In his left ear he wore a small ring .
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I stopped wearing my wedding ring .
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The dancer Fred Astaire was among those in modern times who have worn a signet ring on the right hand.
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The woman was wearing a wedding ring with diamonds circling a blue sapphire stone, Rodriguez said.
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She is sometimes seen by his side but wears no engagement ring .
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His golden hair was parted down the middle, and he wore a gold ring on his right hand.
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I wore a beautiful ring , a love token made of sheer gold.
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He wore a gold ring , engraved with the letter R - his Christmas present from Johanna.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ringing endorsement
alarm bells ring
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At Police Headquarters alarm bells rang in from government munition dumps, military vehicle compounds, hi-tech weapon factories and sweet shops.
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Between them, in their flight from the mill, they'd set all the alarm bells ringing at the local sub-station.
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But alarm bells rang when Allison wrote back in December.
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Her flesh cried out to be closer, and, with the last vestiges of sanity, alarm bells rang.
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Maybe when they didn't phone home, the alarm bells rang.
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More precisely, one complaint from a parent actually appeared, but this was enough to set alarm bells ringing.
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Nor had any alarm bells rung about Thomas.
throw/toss your hat into the ring
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A ring of mountains encircles the Val d'Aosta.
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Corvino was the sixth member of the spy ring to be arrested for stealing high-tech secrets from several silicon valley firms.
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Cut the onion into rings and fry in a little oil.
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Drug rings operate in most large cities of the world.
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He sat in a corner blowing smoke rings.
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My glass left a wet ring on the table.
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napkin rings
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The children sat around him in a ring , eager to hear his story.
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The cottage was surrounded by a ring of trees.
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The cup left a dark ring on the table.
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The hostage's wrists had red rings on them where the ropes had been pulled tight.
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There was a ring at the door.
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There were two car keys on a ring that said FIAT.
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They make great onion rings there.
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You have to throw the wooden rings so that they land around the bottles.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He died right there in the ring .
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If the rings do not align symmetrically, look for a mark on either bridle.
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Kersey blew smoke rings and watched them with approval.
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The ring glittered on its damson pouffe like some intra-uterine device.
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This elegant Borzoi is shown leaving the judging ring , calmly and with poise.
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Torn webbing between his right ring and middle fingers and a torn knee cartilage in 1992.
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When an advanced version of the ring becomes available, it will be tested in a Boston-area hospital, Yang said.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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I've rung around the place for you.
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It rang around four o'clock and woke us up.
back
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Would ring back . 9.26: Telephone call to Finance Section.
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They should ask if the timing of the call is inconvenient and offer to ring back if not.
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Meanwhile at home on my answering machine a message from New Zealand: please ring back .
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She would look for their gloves, would ring back if she found them.
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If it is all right please ask him to ring back at lunchtime when we will be in the House.
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And then put the phone down, and waited for us to ring back to find out what she was demanding.
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Brian told her that Esther had phoned and wanted her to ring back .
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I rang back to make sure he hadn't fainted!
off
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He had just remembered where he'd heard the phrase with which Crepi had rung off .
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She did not enlighten him, rang off and warned Ayling the police were going to question him.
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A heart attack, she said, and rang off before he could ask questions.
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When he demanded who Blanche was, and why she was phoning so late, she rang off .
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Just as she had put off ringing Livingstone until it was too late, so she procrastinated with regard to contacting Gwen.
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I got to the phone before whoever was calling rang off .
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Michele thanked her and rang off .
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Well, I said the usual pompous things but I had a good laugh when she rang off .
out
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The single chime of a church clock rang out suddenly in the darkness.
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For now... there rang out the voice of Abraham Lincoln calling for seventy-five thousand volunteers for three months.
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A loud alarm bell rang out soundly and he awoke from a trance.
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Screams rang out in some hallways when the lights snapped off.
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No doubt if she had been less absorbed, she would have heard the footsteps ring out into the frosty night behind her.
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Shots ring out , the country is shocked, aroused.
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Screams rang out from the galleries, where spectators had been gazing down instead of hiding.
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And then, with the sun on her, she lurched forward as a shot rang out from below.
please
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Please ring me and I will explain which numbers you should use.
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Meanwhile at home on my answering machine a message from New Zealand: please ring back.
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For more about these courses, please ring Karen Fox on.
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If anyone would like more details please ring on.
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If you have any problems or complaints, please ring your local Customer Care Unit.
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Please ring me at the above number and I will meet you in Paris to escort you to the hospital.
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If you feel that you want to discuss a quality assurance issue at short notice, please ring your systems verifier.
round
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Somebody thought of it at an editorial conference, and Muggins here had to ring round all these celebrities to get comments.
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First of all, she rang round her contacts in journalism.
■ NOUN
change
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The owners of this modern kitchen preferred a wood appearance and so they rang the changes .
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To ring the changes , hair was sprayed at the roots and lightly backcombed for an alternative look.
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It's a stunning dress but it's meant for a woman with lots of clothes to ring the changes .
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That's because we haven't published it yet ... Yep, it's time to ring the changes .
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You should choose a variety of foods and ring the changes with meals.
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Slicked scrunched or back-combed, you can ring the changes with these inspiring styles.
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To ring the changes , try orange or lime-flavoured jellies for the cheesecake.
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With a good group ring the changes - try for different effects with new faces at the front.
number
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For a full product information pack please circle the reader service number or ring our technical department on.
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But there was no answer from the number he rang .
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We have a daytime telephone number to ring for further details.
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She offered me a number I could ring in Chicago to make a claim for making a call to Chicago.
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He gave me a number to ring in London.
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Your calls are free of course and the number to ring is oh five hundred four oh four treble zero.
office
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Our head of bureaux suggested they ring the Foreign Office .
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They rang from the duty office to break the news to me just after nine.
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He reached for the phone and rang the London office .
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She rang his office , and then panicked at the secretary's voice, and put the receiver down without speaking.
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I rang up the ticket office but just got a recorded message.
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At nine o'clock the next morning Gerald rang his office to say he would not be in to work that day.
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A telephone rang in an outer office .
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Before shaving, he rang his office and spoke to the woman police constable who acted as his secretary.
phone
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I'd been asleep for a mere four hours after my run-in with Jackson when the phone rang insistently.
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When I got to my door I heard the phone ringing , but by the time I was inside it had stopped.
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As she opened the front door the phone began to ring and she rushed to answer it.
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M., while he was showering, the phone rang .
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On impulse I picked up the phone and rang her, hoping I still had the right number.
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All those who knew Eaton well expect the door to open or the phone to ring .
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The phone rang nine minutes later.
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And then early one morning, midway through the fortnight, the phone in our apartment rang .
police
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My friend in Holborn rang a friend who rang the Chelsea police and found they were taking the accusation very seriously.
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A police spokesman said yesterday some dialled 999 while others rang Darlington police station direct.
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She could have lifted it off the hook, she could have rung the police , except that fear had immobilised her.
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It is hardly likely that a vicious thug will wait politely while we ring the police .
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You saw that they were dead and rang for the police .
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Mr McGowan reportedly rang the police at least four times, the last time a week before his death.
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She got as far as a seaside guest-house before ringing the police and confessing what she had done.
shot
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As three more shots rang out, the push-chair blew apart.
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The shots rang out just after Combs and his entourage walked past a large circular bar in the center of the club.
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Suddenly shots rang out and I realized with fright that Janotte was shooting at us.
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Twenty shots rang out, 11 ripping through Tatum.
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They stood hand in hand, breathing heavily from their exertions, when two shots rang out.
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Four blocks from home, shots rang out and their crumpled bodies collapsed to the ground.
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It was near dawn when the shots stopped ringing through the forest.
telephone
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In the next room along, a telephone was ringing .
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A few moments later the telephone rang .
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She was waiting for him to come back when the telephone rang .
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On the table in the front of the room was a telephone , which rang whenever the bond market went berserk.
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As she opened her door the telephone was ringing .
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The telephone rang again and both women hurried toward it, jostling each other in the doorway.
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The following day the telephone rang .
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Eunice Bonifante was in the bathroom when the telephone rang .
voice
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Better end it now, a warning voice rang deep inside her brain.
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Her voice rang , playful yet deeper than he would have expected.
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Their voices rang instead of speaking.
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Her belief gave her hope; her sweet warm voice rang out the thanks that follow the baptism.
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Their voices ring out cheerfully from the uncluttered surfaces.
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The voice of the auctioneer rang out, hushing the expectant crowd.
word
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Seized for a moment by the power of prophesy, Caledor spoke words that would ring down the ages.
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The words ring in my ears.
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The words rang flat when she fastened back the shutters.
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His words were ringing in her ears now although they had had little impact before.
■ VERB
hear
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No doubt if she had been less absorbed, she would have heard the footsteps ring out into the frosty night behind her.
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When I got to my door I heard the phone ringing , but by the time I was inside it had stopped.
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She heard distant bells ringing and the strange silence of the streets.
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The group passed us, and shortly we heard them ringing the temple bell.
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The window was open at the top and I could hear the church bells ringing in the distance.
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In my mind I heard the phone ringing .
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But I was writing, usually, and just plagued to hear him ring .
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Smack. 2 Primo hears the phone ringing as he climbs the last flight of stairs.
start
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If the adviser wants you to make out a cheque to him, the alarm bells should start ringing .
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But two days into the vacation the phone started ringing and he started covering pages of his little yellow notepad.
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Broomhead heard warning bells starting to ring in his head.
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She told me to hit the streets with the canvas bag and start ringing doorbells the instant school was out next day.
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In Britain, at least, alarm bells have started to ring .
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Travelers to Prague may find the comparison with Paris starting to ring all too true when it comes to hotel prices.
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He smiled grimly and two minutes later his briefcase started ringing .
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Miguel ran and ran until the bells started ringing again.
stop
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Summerchild taps on the hardboard divisions to demonstrate their solidity and stops at once when they ring hollow.
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It was near dawn when the shots stopped ringing through the forest.
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I guess that's what stops me ringing .
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The phone stopped ringing and the clock ticked then the phone started again and the clock stopped.
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When the bells stop ringing you must plan your next move.
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When the phone stopped ringing , Tom picked it up and called the Inghilterra.
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My telephone has not stopped ringing with colleagues accusing me of changing my allegiance and forsaking my birthright.
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He took his time getting to it, half hoping it would stop ringing before he answered.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ringing endorsement
alarm bells ring
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At Police Headquarters alarm bells rang in from government munition dumps, military vehicle compounds, hi-tech weapon factories and sweet shops.
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Between them, in their flight from the mill, they'd set all the alarm bells ringing at the local sub-station.
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But alarm bells rang when Allison wrote back in December.
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Her flesh cried out to be closer, and, with the last vestiges of sanity, alarm bells rang.
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Maybe when they didn't phone home, the alarm bells rang.
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More precisely, one complaint from a parent actually appeared, but this was enough to set alarm bells ringing.
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Nor had any alarm bells rung about Thomas.
be ringing off the hook
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The phone was ringing off the hook here all weekend.
throw/toss your hat into the ring
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A burglar alarm was ringing further along the road.
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All the students were out of their seats as soon as the bell rang.
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At that moment, the door bell rang.
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Her eyes were ringed with heavy black liner.
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If you tap something made of good glass, it should keep ringing for quite a long time.
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My ears were still ringing hours after the concert.
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She was about to go out when the phone rang.
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The cathedral rang with the amazing voices of the choir.
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The phone's ringing.
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Thousands of protesters ringed the embassy.
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We heard them ringing the temple bell.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Around midnight, the phone rang.
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He was so loud my ears rang.
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I have rung the world from these boxes and feel a great affection and gratitude towards them.
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I wondered when you were going to ring .
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The phone rang in the kitchen.
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The telephone would ring less frequently, although the girls might be more frequently on the telephone.
III. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Around midnight, the phone rang.
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He was so loud my ears rang.
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I have rung the world from these boxes and feel a great affection and gratitude towards them.
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The phone rang in the kitchen.