Sentence examples of "knocked" in English
We knocked at the door for five minutes, but in vain.
Nous avons frappé à la porte pendant cinq minutes mais en vain.
They knocked on the door and said they had come to arrest him.
Ils frappèrent à la porte et dirent qu'ils étaient venus pour l'arrêter.
She'd just begun to read the book when someone knocked on the door.
Elle venait de commencer à lire le livre quand quelqu'un frappa à la porte.
She had hardly begun to read the book before someone knocked at the door.
À peine avait-elle commencé à lire le livre que quelqu'un frappa à la porte.
Hardly had she got in the bath when the postman knocked on the door with a parcel.
Elle venait à peine d'entrer dans le bain, que le facteur frappait à la porte avec un colis.
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