Example sentences of "and knocked on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Cameron stepped between the stunted apple-trees and knocked on the McCulloch' new front door . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He took a cab to Park Lane , and knocked on the door of her parents ' house . |
| 7 | They went down the lino-covered corridor and knocked on the door . |
| 8 | He made his way up to the top floor , found Maidstone 's apartment and knocked on the door . |
| 9 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 10 | He went and knocked on the door of Pete and Chrissie 's room . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | One day in early February , Harriet walked up to the Raffertys ' cottage and knocked on the door . |
| 13 | I washed and combed and plaited my hair and rubbed my clogs , then I went round and knocked on the door . |
| 14 | We ran and knocked on the midwife 's door and Mrs Bullivant seemed to know who it was without looking , for she called out for Nelly to run and get newspapers and hot water ready . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Without ceremony , we headed past all these busy people and knocked on the half-open door of the secretary 's office . |
| 17 | Nobody seemed to be in so I entered a rear door and took the lift to the top and knocked on the door of someone 's flat . |
| 18 | Whitlock left the suite and knocked on the adjoining door . |
| 19 | When I first arrived at the flat and knocked on the door there was no answer . |
| 20 | But he mounted the steps anyway , and knocked on the door to make certain : the sound was sudden and startling , but it died away quickly , with no response from within the building . |
| 21 | With a last effort , he crawled up the path and knocked on the door , then fell exhausted on the step . |
| 22 | He climbed the stairs and knocked on the door to Alison 's flat , but there was no reply and the sound had a hollow ring which said nobody home . |
| 23 | He himself , again controlling his fear , climbed the stairs and knocked on the study door . |
| 24 | That evening he went down to Alexandra 's flat and knocked on the door . |
| 25 | He went to her house and knocked on the green door . |
| 26 | She went upstairs and knocked on the door of a bedroom . |
| 27 | One day in summer a lady on horseback rode up to the house and knocked on the door . |
| 28 | Alyssia grinned and knocked on the door . |
| 29 | The friar walked back up to the Poultry and knocked on the coroner 's door . |
| 30 | We tied our horses to a small rail and knocked on the priest 's house door . |