1.   Benjy rang the doorbell, then held his breath, waiting.

2.   I rang the doorbell but no one came.

3.   She rang the doorbell, listened to the silence within and felt a moment of panic.

4.   She told me to hit the streets with the canvas bag and start ringing doorbells the instant school was out next day.

5.   They rang the doorbell and ran like the devil.

6.   You ring the doorbell, watching down the drive for any cars while you pull on your leather gloves.

7.   I was about ready to leave when somebody rang the doorbell.

8.   We rang the doorbell until someone came to let us in.

9.   I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep.

10.   Any second now he would ring the doorbell in his usual autocratic, impatient manner.