Example sentences of "heard a knock " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he finished dressing he heard a knock on the front door . |
| 2 | As I remember it was one morning a little while after my father and Miss Kenton had joined the staff , I had been in my pantry , sitting at the table going through my paperwork , when I heard a knock on my door . |
| 3 | George and Elizabeth were on the point of going to bed when they heard a knock on the door . |
| 4 | When she heard a knock at her door , she frowned and called out sharply , ‘ Come in . ’ |
| 5 | She had hardly settled herself against the pillows and let her thickened lids slide back over her aching eyeballs when she heard a knock on the door . |
| 6 | Corbett was finishing his ablutions when he heard a knock at the door . |
| 7 | I was rather late back , when I got back I heard a knock on my bedroom door and she said it 's Miss and er I said , oh come in , I undid the door and she came in and er and so she said to me er , I just had a telephone message from Peel er to say that you have been subpoenaed to go the Police Court next Thursday and I said what a day out of my holiday and she said , well I 'm sorry but you 'll have to go . |
| 8 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |
| 9 | Every time he heard a knock at the door , my little boy used to hide under the bed . |
| 10 | He heard a knock at the door . |
| 11 | Charlie was sticking a fork into his third of a pork pie when he heard a knock on the door . |
| 12 | Just then he heard a knock at his door , Randolph wondered who it could be . |