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  • Next she goes to the hall door and presses the bell-button.

    Hedda Gabler 2006

  • Next she goes to the hall door and presses the bell-button.

    Hedda Gabler 2006

  • As etiquette demanded, he touched the bell-button before starting up the walk.

    Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973

  • Then she reached for the bell-button and pressed it.

    Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Cynthia Stockley

  • This was a bad preparation for the coming interview, and with an irritation born of despair she pressed the bell-button to such good purpose that she could hear footsteps approaching, almost before the trill of the bell had vibrated into silence.

    The Splendid Folly Margaret Pedler

  • Soon after, Genevieve had awakened with a start, to find herself locked in and the bell-button dug out of its socket.

    The Paternoster Ruby Charles Edmonds Walk

  • With a slow movement she pressed her hand upon the bell-button.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • She mounted the steps reluctantly, and with a nervous, spasmodic intake of the breath pressed the bell-button.

    The Splendid Folly Margaret Pedler

  • Nellie felt in the darkness for the bell-button and gave two sharp rings.

    The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel John Maurice Miller

  • Almost before he knew that he had arrived at a decision, Spike had groped his way across the icy street and pressed the bell-button on the front door of the least unprepossessing house on the block.

    Midnight Octavus Roy Cohen 1925

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