Example sentences of "knocking back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Knocking back the Champers , I notice . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Millie ! ’ he called , knocking back the drink himself . |
| 3 | There were about a dozen writers in hospitality , most of them busy knocking back the hard stuff . |
| 4 | Eureka Oxterguff , na hauff , see the Majestic , the smella lacquer in the lavvys wid 've knocked you miroc amok never mind knocking back the quarter bottle . |
| 5 | hard men knocking back the brandy , each of us |
| 6 | He was in the restaurant kitchen late one night before closing up , knocking back the remains of four glasses of liqueur from a dirty table , when his head suddenly cleared and he heard some lines from the past in a devastating playback in his head : ‘ You 're better off without me ’ — Bella 's voice , coolly justifying herself to him on the telephone . |
| 7 | The home side 's West Indian professional George Ferris made the visitors struggle knocking back the stumps four times and taking five for 75 but Darlington won by four wickets . |