1.   Across the valley, church bells were chiming.

2.   No warning bells chimed in this mere mortal mind.

3.   But the church bell was chiming outside, and the dance-floor in the little caf was falling silent.

4.   Bells chimed the hours and robins sang wake-up songs.

5.   Church bells chimed and people stood in windows and doorways shouting and banging on pots and pans in a Philippine ritual of protest called a noise barrage.

6.   Their eyes were slightly glazed, their bodies overheated, their heads throbbing with the sounds of bells chiming, carols playing, cash registers ringing.

7.   When the school bell chimed, the pair were still sitting there.

8.   Church bells chimed and sirens whined to mark the death of Nicolas during a five-minute period of silence.

9.   Church bells chimed and sirens whined to mark the death of Nicolas during a five-minute silence.

10.   In Ottawa, bells chimed on Parliament Hill as Canadian officials and activists attended a ceremony marking the occasion.