Sentence examples for if knocking from inspiring English sources

Robert yelled toward the boys and gestured with the ball overhead as if knocking on a large wooden door.

If knocking on doors and shoving pamphlets through letterboxes were efficient ways to change minds, Britain would have a lot more Jehovah's Witnesses and a Labour government.

"Nor can you conclude that if knocking out a gene has no observable effect it's not involved in a particular body function".

When he got up at eight and made coffee, Obie came to the big house's kitchen door and waited outside the screen looking in, as if knocking were beside the point.

It is not necessary when "circumstances presen[t] a threat of physical violence," or if there is "reason to believe that evidence would likely be destroyed if advance notice were given," id., at 936, or if knocking and announcing would be "futile," Richards v. Wisconsin, 520 U. S. 385, 394 (1997).

So if knocking on the doors of potential criminals seems wrong, do we have alternatives?

A few kids lay back on the floor as if knocked out by the drama.

If knocked loose in high winds, they can tear up the roof or slash through a neighborhood like a scythe.

First, it allowed us to study those CMs that are lethal if knocked down for a prolonged time.

Then a fence, but a fence must be far enough from the home that if knocked over it will not strike the home.

Both genes may negatively impact plant growth if knocked down but may not necessarily play a role in nutrient acquisition [Y.-H. Wang and L.V. Kochian, unpublished results].