Significados de perfunctory knock en inglés

After a perfunctory knock, I turned the handle and stepped in.

He gave a perfunctory knock, already pushing open the door.

She was interrupted by a perfunctory knock at the door.

He opened the office door, giving it a perfunctory knock as he did so.

She gave her perfunctory knock, and turned the door-handle.

There was a perfunctory knock at the door, and Becky Helmington poked her head in.

Kline looked like he might debate this but stopped when the door opened after a perfunctory knock.

It seemed like hours before Luke, with a perfunctory knock on the open door, came in carrying the crutch.

Aw, never mind, I'll-There is a single perfunctory knock and then Ernie's looking in at the brain trust.

I arrived at George's villa out of breath, bursting with suppressed excitement, gave a perfunctory knock at the door, and dashed in.

Rusty was placing a sterile gauze sponge on the wound when there was a perfunctory knock at the door, followed by Ginny Tomlinson's head.