"They're recycling these buildings instead of knocking them down," he said.
"Instead of knocking maths teaching, he should be looking at staffing.
And you might be tempted to turn on your heels instead of knocking on its stark, black metal door.
Instead of knocking on his door, may I buy a device that allows me to turn off his TV from my apartment?
Not unlike snowboard cross, perhaps, except that these contestants have lunchtime sex in hotels instead of knocking each other helmet first into the slush.
"I just wish for a change people could celebrate something in this country instead of knocking it down," said Ann Woodward, who had come this morning from Surrey with her sister, and who was wearing a Union Jack clown wig.
The other members rarely undermine his authority: instead of knocking the songs off kilter with ad-libs or digressions, they pull together, marching in lock step behind the guy with the glorious, melancholy voice.
The local pub has always been an important social center, except now, instead of knocking back drinks at the bar, Irish people can enjoy drinking and eating – just like the Italians.
Instead of knocking on doors, he and his running mate, Ms. Rosen Lampitt, a Cherry Hill councilwoman, played host to house parties and barbecues, where they asked supporters to solicit donations under the Clean Elections banner.
So let's pursue some high-quality escape, the kind that delights by stimulating the senses, not jump-starting them; that eases and seduces instead of knocking us into a cheerful stupor.
Instead of everybody looking at them and saying "Oh, he's too cocky", why should we not encourage our young kids to be confident as they're growing up, instead of knocking them down all the time by saying you can't do this, you can't do that?
