Example sentences of "a knock at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was a knock at the door and he jerked the fork , spoiling his pattern . |
| 2 | There was a knock at the door and a man came with a message , causing still more agitation . |
| 3 | Sometimes it would happen that during a lecture — at that time the secret police were very active — there would be a knock at the door and two men would enter . |
| 4 | During my second evening at the hotel there was a knock at the door . |
| 5 | More of a knock at the back door than a storming of the castle gate perhaps , but something is going right for Jon Solly . |
| 6 | Bobby must have drifted into sleep for he was wakened by a knock at the door . |
| 7 | ‘ A man hears a knock at the door of his country house and opens it to two vicars wearing stockings over their heads . |
| 8 | Corbett was nodding in agreement when a knock at the door interrupted them and a short , dumpy figure entered . |
| 9 | ‘ I was down here one night , it was about nine , and there was a knock at the door . |
| 10 | Some people find they can distinguish between the vibration pattern made by people talking , running water , a knock at the door , footsteps , music . |
| 11 | There was a knock at the door . |
| 12 | Sitting next to Peter , 24 , she said she was unaware of the mix-up until there was a knock at the door after their first full day at home with Gemma . |
| 13 | A few minutes after they drove away there was a knock at the front door . |
| 14 | There was a knock at the door . |
| 15 | There is a knock at the door . |
| 16 | I was working in my room , when a knock at the door heralded the entry of four second-year students . |
| 17 | He was n't sure what to do about the missing woman , wondering where on earth she could be , until a knock at the rear entrance answered the question for him . |
| 18 | There was a knock at the door ; I opened it and there he was , a tall , slightly stooping figure who spoke with a gentle voice . |
| 19 | Well one day , I had a knock at the door and it was a Mr from Stepney Causeway that is the headquarters of Barnardos . |
| 20 | As his first wife , June Barry , recalls , Whitaker was at work on another project when a knock at the office door heralded the entrance of Donald Wilson . |
| 21 | But a knock at the door interrupted them . |
| 22 | A knock at the door this morning turned out to be a young girl in floods of tears , asking for me . |
| 23 | They were all enjoying themselves very much — when there came a knock at the door . |
| 24 | At about six o'clock that evening , there was a knock at the back door . |
| 25 | There was a knock at the door . |
| 26 | Nevertheless — ’ He was interrupted by a knock at the door . |
| 27 | There was a knock at the front door . |
| 28 | Then it happens — there 's a knock at the front door . |
| 29 | There was a knock at the door of the dressing-room . |
| 30 | One morning , he was struggling bravely through a particularly agonising sequence when there was a knock at the door . |