Sentence examples for knocked it from from inspiring English sources

It became the best-selling phone in the United States until the iPhone knocked it from its perch.

It failed only when our 9-year-old son accidentally knocked it from its perch, about five feet off the floor.

In a telephone interview to promote this new edition of "Avatar," which will be released in DVD and Blu-ray formats on Nov. 16, Mr. Cameron said he was in "the early stages" of work on a 3-D version of "Titanic," the romantic epic that won Academy Awards for best picture and best director, and was the all-time highest-grossing feature until "Avatar" knocked it from its perch.

PADRES 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2 -- San Diego found out between the second and third innings that the Astros' victory had knocked it from wild-card contention, then rallied to beat host Arizona.

In the closing moments at Murrayfield, Stuart Hogg was over the line and about to touch the ball down when the Ireland No8, Jamie Heaslip, knocked it from his grasp.

When we discovered an empty water bottle on our floor after returning from a walk, we immediately blamed it on the ghosts — until conceding it was more likely a breeze from the open window that had knocked it from the table.

Despite attempts to knock it from its perch, Archaeopteryx is still widely recognised by palaeontologists as the first bird.

Now it is seeking to knock it from its perch atop the hand-held market: Nintendo enjoys near-total control in what Jupiter Research estimates is a $1.6 billion hand-held business that includes the Game Boy Advance.

But even that downturn couldn't knock it from its perch at the top of our list of fastest-growing cities.

The powerful thump of its wings hit my raised paddle, almost knocking it from my hands.

Knocking it from the top spot was Gateway, whose repurchase rate rose from 72% to 75%, and second was Hewlett Packard, which jumped from 58% to 72%.IBM is seeking a buyer for its computer-printer unit, a sale that could fetch $2 billion.