knock - use in sentences

Object

  • down,we: We get knocked down,We 'll get up again,your NEVER gunna keep us down!
  • ball: It can knock a ball across the court which, even at full run, you will not be able to return.
  • conker: Are Worthing Boro Council and the police right to stop children from knocking conkers off trees?
  • nail: A bookcase can be made in many ways, including holding it together by knocking nails in with a screwdriver.

Preposition: on

  • door: She is startled by a knock on the door.
  • door.: There is a knock on the door. ) SCULLY: Who is it?
  • effect: Removing these skills thus has a knock on effect on society leading to a decline.

Preposition: at

  • door: He is already knocking at the door of your heart.

Adjective modifier

  • nasty: Big Ole Bike Bash Had a nasty knock on two wheels?
  • loud: About an hour later Betty was startled by a loud knock at the door.

Adjective complement

  • unconscious: His friend, the 19-year-old driver, was wearing a seatbelt properly and was knocked unconscious.
  • senseless: No sooner was that said than witness was knocked senseless to the ground.. ... .

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • down: They were knocked down in the 1960s to allow the road to be widened to carry more traffic.
  • over: You set up a straw man to knock over.
  • off: The rogue blade knocked off my glasses, which then smashed on the garage floor.
  • out: Tyson was knocked out by Danny Williams of Brixton on 30 July.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • down: Go out & knock down wasps nest with rake, feeling guilty.
  • off: Lampard's thighs look like he should be knocking off people with more ease than the wind blows!

Noun used with modifier

  • ankle: Mark Kennedy has recovered from a gashed foot and Kenny Miller from an ankle knock.

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