Sentence examples for knocked but from inspiring English sources

White didn't get the full-on SWAT treatment officers even knocked!—but according to his complaint, they still came to door at 9 AM and made him lie down in handcuffs, which was a hardship for him since he'd had abdominal surgery two weeks before.

The door was closed, so he knocked, but there was no answer.

He knocked but then quickly opened the door without waiting for a response.

Mr. Dusay said officers had knocked but had not announced themselves, then forced their way inside the room.

To be honest I wouldn't have been surprised if he hadn't knocked but beat at the door, or simply kicked the door in, but now that I hear the knocking, it's clear there is no difference between his knocking and beating or kicking the door in, I mean really no difference, the point being that I am dead certain it is him, who else; he of whom I knew, and have always known would come.

30% of U.S. refining capacity was knocked, but the recovery began shortly after the destruction.

Opportunity was knocking, but instead Angrist went to Israel.

Boxwell kept knocking, but Sears did not reply.

To borrow a phrase also useful in poker: "Opportunity knocks, but it doesn't pester".

I rise to follow her, my heart knocking, but she has disappeared down the corridor.

I was so scared that my knees were knocking, but I honestly didn't think I was going to die.