Example sentences of "knocked on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knocked on a door , said something quietly to the person who opened it , then walked upstairs . |
| 2 | He strolled through the opening and knocked on a door marked Enquiries , walked in and asked the man behind the counter if they had a Rebecca Salmon registered at the college . |
| 3 | He knocked on the door , a voice rasped ‘ Come in , ’ the Sergeant opened the door , I stepped into the room , turned right and gave one of my best salutes . |
| 4 | One night I remember , she knocked on the door at Denmark Street just as we were packing up . |
| 5 | The two of them clung together , soggily , hugging closer and closer until Rachel knocked on the door and asked them to come out . |
| 6 | He knocked on the door of the room I was sharing with Nathan while I was repacking kit . |
| 7 | They followed Miss Williams 's directions to the Morgan family , and knocked on the door , being let in promptly by the stocky WPC who had stayed in the house with the women of the Morgan family . |
| 8 | When she knocked on the door of Back Clough Dale Cottage , she had been afraid but in control . |
| 9 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 10 | When she heard movement above — there was no shouting — Wilson went up and knocked on the door and was told , in the most mild of voices , to come in . |
| 11 | I climbed the steps up onto the lock and knocked on the door of the lock-keeper 's house , and through great good fortune found him at home . |
| 12 | Sergeant Fleet knocked on the door . |
| 13 | They knocked on the door and , when there was no answer , they became concerned . |
| 14 | He took a cab to Park Lane , and knocked on the door of her parents ' house . |
| 15 | They went down the lino-covered corridor and knocked on the door . |
| 16 | He made his way up to the top floor , found Maidstone 's apartment and knocked on the door . |
| 17 | Hoomey knocked on the door and looked through the letter-box , and the smell came out to him . |
| 18 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 19 | When we began to slow down I knocked on the door . |
| 20 | He knocked on the door , but much harder now . |
| 21 | He went and knocked on the door of Pete and Chrissie 's room . |
| 22 | He 's just got inside the house when they knocked on the door and asked to breath-test him . |
| 23 | He knocked on the door of the gatehouse , which was opened by an old man . |
| 24 | Willie knocked on the door . |
| 25 | Sean wished that he had gone down to Birdie Mac 's and knocked on the door for a bar of Kit-Kat , anything rather than face these two . |
| 26 | One day in early February , Harriet walked up to the Raffertys ' cottage and knocked on the door . |
| 27 | I washed and combed and plaited my hair and rubbed my clogs , then I went round and knocked on the door . |
| 28 | She could n't make out Eileen 's answer but she muttered , ‘ Eejit , is right , ’ before she knocked on the door . |
| 29 | She knocked on the door of the dreaded private study . |
| 30 | He came to our house and knocked on the door and asked if he could use the toilet , because it was a good way of getting in . |