Example sentences of "knocking at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis Morgan did not bother with knocking at the door but walked in without apology . |
| 2 | They will not wear their knuckles out knocking at the West 's door , so long as they feel it will be opened to them before too long . |
| 3 | The contras were , after all , almost neighbours : two hours ’ flight from the Rio Grande , virtually knocking at the door . |
| 4 | This is what strikes fear into the hearts of all but the most experienced , and has men playing there for the first time knocking at the knees . |
| 5 | It seemed for the barest fraction of an instant that a smile might be knocking at the underside of that granite jaw . |
| 6 | Susan had no sooner sat down than there was another knocking at the door . |
| 7 | Doctor Rossitter came and dressed Susan 's arm , which he said was much better ; and in the afternoon Breeze left her sister safely tucked up and she was knocking at the Vicarage door on the stroke of three . |
| 8 | Knocking at the first door , he was greeted by a woman with a cigarette in her mouth , curlers in her hair and flour on her hands . |
| 9 | Within seconds one of the porters was knocking at the door to escort us down in case of trouble . |
| 10 | He was cut short by a loud knocking at the front door . |
| 11 | A deeper allegiance than his love for the children of the Anglo-Irish landlord he had worked for since he was a homeless lad knocking at the kitchen door to ask for a cup of tea and an odd job . |
| 12 | In a clever piece of bridgework between the two , the poet is interrupted by an old friend who comes knocking at the door and calling his name . |
| 13 | In a clear reference to past failures by an Association which has , in years gone by , been unwilling to respond positively either to anything which is not of its own making , or anybody who is not on its payroll , Pickard went on to state , ‘ If we do not respond , for whatever reasons , keep knocking at the door until someone answers . ’ |
| 14 | I wonder whether the same view would apply if Neil Young or Van Morrison came knocking at the door . ’ |
| 15 | It was the third day after she had dressed , gone out , without wearing her underclothes , into her car , driving on the main road through Tadley , driving all the way to Kingsclere , knocking at the front door of the home of a woman who was almost a stranger , going into a house that she hardly knew . |
| 16 | Eastern Europe is knocking at the European Community 's door . |
| 17 | When he appeared before the magistrate at lowly Clerkenwell , charged with ‘ willfully ringing several door bells and knocking at the doors in Upper Street , Islington , without lawful excuse ’ it was said that this kind of mischief — like the Cremorne Gardens affray — was a ‘ frequent occurrence ’ . |
| 18 | People knocking at the door was a very unusual event in this household . |
| 19 | One night in bed I thought I heard knocking at the cottage door . |
| 20 | For practical reasons , fieldworkers adopted a policy in these cases of knocking at the door of the nearest house of a similar type ; since the survey was based on geographical area and housing type , this seemed a reasonable way of obtaining data from a range of addresses while conserving time and resources . |
| 21 | Someone was knocking at the door . |
| 22 | The poor , sick , bereaved , came knocking at the door . |
| 23 | A small opportunity arose when Lizzie came knocking at the door for the ceremonial delivery of two silver-bound shoulder sprays , one , a gardenia , the other an orchid , and a card which said : From Robert . |
| 24 | She was saved from answering by the sound of knocking at the door , and turned with relief to see Dane 's face light up in welcome . |
| 25 | They would n't be knocking at the door tonight , nor any other night so long as she was careful . |
| 26 | Well when the Jehovah 's and the other religious cults come knocking at the door with their various pamphlet and trying to persuade you that their religion is better than others |
| 27 | Hoddle kicked off by telling Swindon he wanted to leave … he wanted a bigger club … next thing Chelsea are knocking at the door for both Hoddle and John Gorman … they both resigned … |
| 28 | We 've been knocking at the door in four defeats . |
| 29 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 30 | The youthful trio of Scott Booth , Duncan Ferguson and Stephen Wright are all acknowledged , meanwhile , to be knocking at the door of opportunity with a greater urgency than most — apart from the indisposed Eoin Jess . |