Sentence examples for set bells from inspiring English sources

In this case there was a hint that there was something not quite right about the main character and the fact that he was played by Wyngarde also set bells ringing because we now know he was in a long-term relationship with the actor Alan Bates.

Alarms were set, bells (to denote urgent news) rang and that agency's story made headlines in papers around the world the following day.

Less for what it says (though of course that also sets bells ringing) than for how foggily it says it.

A bianzhong ("set of bells") from the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 containtain bell sets in which different pitches can be produced by striking marked spots on the lip of each bell.

That set alarm bells clanging across NATO.

"These figures should set alarm bells ringing.

"But inside the army it could set alarm bells ringing".

Still, it didn't set off bells for Blair.

This should set alarm bells ringing in the government.

This is not nearly enough to set alarm bells ringing.

But this set alarm bells ringing for us.