The bank manager rang just before lunch that same day.

The phone rang for a long time before anybody answered.

It rang a long time before a woman's voice answered - the same woman.

Then I bless myself and ring my mother, before every performance.

It rang three times before the person at the other end answered.

We rang Anthony before lunch and told him to buy it.

The phone rang for a long time before anyone answered, and then it was a man's voice.

The phone rang once more a few minutes before eleven.

The phone rang thirteen times before the old man answered.

I shall wait until he rings before opening, she decided.