There was a short wait; the telephone began to ring again.

Before I could say anything else his telephone began to ring.

In the house upstairs the telephone began to ring and both girls started at the sound.

The telephone on the table beside the bed began to ring.

At this point, Brown said, his telephone began to ring.

Then rather suddenly the white telephone on my desk began to ring.

As the servant turned about, the telephone began to ring.

As he went into the hall the telephone began to ring.

A few feet away, in the kitchen, the telephone began to ring.

And in the house, suddenly, the telephone began to ring.