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Meanings of ringing for in English

We have no meanings for "ringing for" in our records yet.
Usage of ringing for in English
1
They were ringing for vespers; sunset was already gleaming through the forest.
Legends of the Rhine
2
The bells were ringing for service while I dressed the next morning.
Chatterbox, 1905.
3
Allow me to pass without the necessity of ringing for a servant.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
4
There was no sound save the church bells ringing for our deliverance.
To Have and to Hold
5
He died last Sunday as the bells were ringing for church-pneumonia ,miss
The Man Between: An International Romance
6
I never heard such a fool way of ringing for a fire!
The Just and the Unjust
7
I have been ringing for you, Patty, this quarter of an hour!
Tales and Novels — Volume 02 / Popular Tales
8
It is Sunday; the bell is ringing for church, and Rev.
Army Life in a Black Regiment
9
On the other side of the canal the belfries were ringing for vespers.
Bébée; Or, Two Little Wooden Shoes
10
In the great tower the bells were ringing for some service.
On the Beach
11
Councilman Robinson, my cell phone has not stopped ringing for ten days now.
Flesh Eaters
12
Miriam accompanied him into the hall, on pretext of ringing for the lift.
The Wild Olive: A Novel
13
Athenais was already at the main entrance, ringing for the concierge.
Alias the Lone Wolf
14
When the waggons set off again, the church bells were ringing for service.
The Bishop and Other Stories
15
And the bells are ringing for those who want to go to church.
The Wisdom of Father Brown
16
The intense orderliness of her own character forbade her ringing for a maid.
This Freedom
This collocation consists of:
Ringing for through the time
Ringing for across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common