He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang.

他刚放下电话，门铃就响了起来。

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I woke up when the doorbell rang.

我在门铃响的时候醒了过来。

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I was watching TV when the doorbell rang.

我正在看电视，这时门铃响了。

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The 17-year-old was revising upstairs at home in Ninian Road when the doorbell rang.

BBC: Aamir Siddiqi

When the doorbell rang on a normal April Sunday afternoon, 17-year-old schoolboy Aamir Siddiqi volunteered to answer.

BBC: Aamir Siddiqi: Doorbell horror for wrong victim

Once, when the doorbell rang, I rushed downstairs to the front door, but it was only a boy with a jar collecting money for a new Scout troop.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish