Example sentences of "she knock [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when she arrived , when she knocked at the door and waited outside , bits of the outfit threatened to dissociate , to turn ugly and risible . |
| 2 | At 9am on 21 July she knocked at the door . |
| 3 | Later she knocked at the star 's dressing room door , and her stomach turned over when she saw who was with her . |
| 4 | She knocked at the door . |
| 5 | She knocked at the door of the prison . |
| 6 | So I tiptoed downstairs when she knocked at the door |
| 7 | One night I remember , she knocked on the door at Denmark Street just as we were packing up . |
| 8 | When she knocked on the door of Back Clough Dale Cottage , she had been afraid but in control . |
| 9 | Fearing a tragedy of epic proportions — her mind leapt at once to Penini and then to Miss Arabel — she knocked on the open door and Mr Browning came through from the other room , so haggard and drawn in contrast to his morning self that once more she was convinced something dreadful had happened . |
| 10 | She now hurried round the corner and into the yard and there she knocked on the back staircase door . |
| 11 | She could n't make out Eileen 's answer but she muttered , ‘ Eejit , is right , ’ before she knocked on the door . |
| 12 | He was a little way behind her when she knocked on the study door . |
| 13 | She knocked on the door of the dreaded private study . |
| 14 | The sour smell from the communal rubbish bins in the alley below drifted up through a broken window and Carrie grimaced as she knocked on the door . |
| 15 | She knocked on the door . |
| 16 | There was nowhere else to go , so she knocked on the door . |
| 17 | Yes but you see at this time the girl took up her tea tray and , and when she took , she knocked on the door and when she opened the door the Manageress was lying on the floor |
| 18 | Feeling ridiculously nervous , she knocked on the door and waited , but no one came . |
| 19 | She knocked on the study door and put her head round it . |
| 20 | She knocked on the door she said . |
| 21 | And she knocked on the door had this crap conversation and then buggered off . |
| 22 | Was she knocked on the head ? ’ |