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Meanings of heard a knocking in English

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Usage of heard a knocking in English
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He kissed Nettle's brow, then heard a knocking at the door.
Servant of a dark god
2
The footsteps had halted, and I'd heard a knocking on a nearby door.
The Great Book of Amber
3
At seven o'clock the next morning I heard a knocking at my door.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
4
I slept in till ten, when I heard a knocking on my door.
The Kingmaker
5
As Gabriel answered he heard a knocking at the door.
After Dark
6
At length we heard a knocking at the door.
Mary Liddiard; Or, The Missionary's Daughter
7
Just then he heard a knocking at the door.
Union Atlantic
8
It was growing dusk, when I heard a knocking.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
9
He thought he heard a knocking at his door.
At the Back of the North Wind
10
When they were all in the best humour possible, they heard a knocking at the gate.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete
11
When we reached the downstairs hallway I heard a knocking sound coming from the metal door.
To Die in Italbar
12
Then, in a few seconds, we heard a knocking, muffled, mysterious, somewhere below that glass roof.
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
13
And suddenly he heard a knocking sound, as of a hammer, -regular ,butsoft, low, subdued.
"My Novel" — Volume 11
14
The murderers heard a knocking, and Macbeth wished it was a knocking which could wake the dead.
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
15
In the passage I heard a knocking from Veronica's room, and crossed to learn what she wanted.
The Morgesons: A Novel
16
Suddenly, incredibly, they heard a knocking.
Babbitt
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