Sentence examples for getting a knock from inspiring English sources

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"If I'd done that now I'd be getting a knock on the door," Humphrys concluded, referring to the police clampdown on unauthorised fraternisation with journalists.

I seem to remember the Lord's Resistance Army getting a knock back when they approached the charity to underwrite the Kony Royal Variety Performance.

The guarantee of anonymity means Spanish clinics have few problems finding sperm and egg donors, whose numbers fell dramatically in Britain after 2005 as people worried about getting a knock on the door in 18 years' time.

"Think of getting a knock on the door early in the morning and someone tells you that you have inherited money, but the only way you will know how much and who from is if you sign an agreement," says Mr Walker.

Prop Matt Stevens also has an ankle problem after getting a knock in the Georgia win.

Driver Robert Buchanan recalls getting a knock on his locomotive cab door as the sun rose over the West Highlands to find the Duke of Gloucester, plus his two black Labradors, asking if he might be allowed to come up for a ride.

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Clyne got a knock on the knee.

"I got a knock on the door, and there was John holding two beers," Mawn recalled.

"Put him out there when times are tough, and he's going to get a knock".

"I could always get a knock on the door like everybody else".

"He got a knock on his leg but it was better yesterday and today.

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