Example sentences of "he knocked [prep] the door " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He knocked on the door of the room I was sharing with Nathan while I was repacking kit . |
| 3 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 4 | He knocked on the door , but much harder now . |
| 5 | He knocked on the door of the gatehouse , which was opened by an old man . |
| 6 | He knocked on the door and begged for aid . |
| 7 | He knocked on the door and waited ten minutes ( as he always does ) . |
| 8 | Then when he knocked on the door this morning I swallowed a whole lot of saved-up salt and water and pressed my tongue and the timing was perfect , he came in and saw me being sick . |
| 9 | He knocked on the door and it was thrown open by Bernard , oozing bonhomie from a silk dressing-gown . |
| 10 | He knocked on the door and got no reply . |
| 11 | And about two minutes later he knocked on the door did n't he ? |
| 12 | he knocked on the door with a |
| 13 | he knocked on the door with a rat a tat tat |
| 14 | he knocked on the door with a rat a tat tat |
| 15 | in the morning with my pill , pill , he knocked on the door with a rat a tat tat |
| 16 | he said Miss Polly put her straight to bed , he knocked on the door with a rat a tat tat you do it like that |
| 17 | Andrew , now 29 , was 15 that summer when he knocked at the door and introduced himself . |
| 18 | He knocked at the door of the sitting-room . |
| 19 | When Michele had retrieved the crutch from the back seat Luce followed him into the bare concrete building and waited while he knocked at the door of one of the ground-floor flats . |
| 20 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 21 | with my bill , bill , bill he knocked at the door with a rat a tat |