But we have settled down on much the old hours, getting up, without reference to daylight, by our great gong, at your eight o'clock.

A great gong sounded from deep inside the palace.

A great gong sounded, and she sat up abruptly.

It was the great gong at the city gate.

Then a great gong sounded from below, shimmering in the smoky air.

As they went up the avenue, a great gong sounded midnight.

His diving body had hardly struck the ground before the air around him seemed to ring like a great gong.

There was a sound like a great hollow gong being struck.

Briefly I wondered what would happen if one rang the great gong now, in the middle of the night.

At eight o'clock precisely he sounded the great Chinese gong in the hall.