Before he had a chance to fire the car's ignition, Sam's phone sounded again.

He took the receiver off the hook so the phone would sound engaged and went across the quad to the hall.

The intracolony phone sounded again; Kelly's face appeared on the screen.

Jim was still coaxing him when the phone sounded.

But my phone sounded for the first time since my leave had started.

At that moment, the phone sounded and Adair passed it to him.

He had made the drink and was just about to bring it back, when his phone sounded.

At the same moment the phone from the bridge sounded; Patrick picked it up before the second ring.

The phone sounded again; he reached for it and pressed the button to answer.

There can be an amusing "Wow, so this is how the first phones sounded!"