• Although Milchan says he's happy with the relationship, he has other potential partners--"temptations, " he calls them--knocking on his door.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • And I want you to think about how with just a few more evenings on a phone bank, just a few more days knocking on doors -- (applause) -- just look at this room.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • The Liberty won a first-round series in 2004, knocking out the then-defending champs on a buzzer-beater in the decisive Game 3, but then came up short in hard-fought three-game series in the first round in 2007 and the conference semifinals in 2008 during the Shock's run to their last title.

    WSJ: Laimbeer: Liberty will be fun to watch in 2013

  • I've been coming here all the time, knocking on the door on four occasions and no-one came to the door.

    BBC: Neglect charge over girl's death

  • The game turned after the dismissal of Portuguese winger Nani - whose real name is Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha - with Real Madrid scoring two quick goals to win the match 2-1, knocking United out of the competition 3-2 on aggregate.

    BBC: Manchester United fan calls 999 over Nani's red card

  • It is, he concedes, a tough time to be knocking on doors cap-in-hand.

    ECONOMIST: Stanford's new dean

  • That has forced candidates to return to old-time campaigning, knocking on doors and holding local candidate debates.

    ECONOMIST: Canada's election

  • Webster went close again but was thwarted yards from the line before Blues scrum-half Richie Rees was sin-binned after deliberately knocking on.

    BBC: Edinburgh 16-3 Cardiff Blues

  • Edwards set himself up for this victory with a late-night call to new crew chief Jimmy Fennig, knocking on his door around midnight Saturday to go over some last-minute details.

    NPR: Edwards Ends Long Drought At Phoenix

  • Tirelessly campaigning, knocking on doors and running down-home-flavored television ads, Blagojevich jokingly told voters not to worry about pronouncing his last name right.

    CNN: Blagojevich made name as a friend of the common man

  • Many more are knocking on the door of 10-figure net worths.

    FORBES: With Lockout Looming, NFL Math Does Not Add Up

  • This is expected to reduce the average price of new apartments by a third, causing a lot of first-time buyers to start knocking on the door.

    ECONOMIST: Japanese property

  • Crean, whose team just moved into the No. 1 spot after knocking off then-No. 1 Michigan on Saturday, said the play was a lot like the other breakdowns in the Hoosiers' game that let Illinois climb back from a 12-point halftime deficit.

    NPR: Illini Buzzer-Beater Upsets No. 1 Hoosiers, 74-72

  • You all are doing the hard work, knocking on those doors, registering voters -- (applause) -- giving people the information they need about the issues they care about.

    WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event

  • In a statement, the company said when it became aware of the safety risk in November 2008, it "immediately launched a corrective action programme", which included sending letters to all customers on its database, door-knocking campaigns and advertising in the national and local press.

    BBC: Flavel cooker

  • So with just a few evenings on a phone bank, with just a few weekends knocking on doors, just a few of you -- look at this room.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • "Strife is knocking on the doors of everyone, and no-one will survive if it enters, because there is a wind behind it, and money, and plans, " he added, without giving details.

    BBC: Iraq PM Maliki warns of 'plague of sectarianism'

  • Instead they will be using the local media to contact people in an emergency - and, if necessary, going out and knocking on doors.

    BBC: Guernsey's emergency procedure changed

  • Yet, in the following days and weeks, people kept knocking on this door asking whether they could buy that funny-shaped radiator.

    FORBES: Getting lucky in business: Fortune favors the prepared firm

  • Klaus Holse Andersen, Microsoft vice president for Western Europe, says a year ago, Microsoft had to go around knocking on the doors of small businesses to sell its Web-based product.

    WSJ: Slow Start for SAP's Web-Based Software

  • "We are knocking down a lot of the buildings on which these buildings were originally painted - a lot were in schools and the Rebuilding Schools Programme has demolished some, " Ms Croft says.

    BBC: Are we allowing great works of art to disintegrate?

  • And when Mr Aznar came knocking on the door to power, he did not look like a middle-of-the-roader.

    ECONOMIST: Jose Maria Aznar, Spain��s dark horse

  • The justices could strike down DOMA's limits on federal recognition of same-sex marriage without upholding Proposition 8 and knocking down state-approved same-sex marriage bans.

    CNN: Same-sex marriage and the Supreme Court: Key questions

  • Neil Warnock's side piled more misery on City by knocking three more past Myhill after former Blade Uhlenbeek was red-carded for a bad foul after 56 minutes.

    BBC: Bradford 0-5 Sheff Utd

  • The eastbound train, headed to New Haven from Grand Central Terminal, derailed at about 6:10 p.m. just east of the Fairfield Metro station, and hit a westbound train on the opposite track, Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said, knocking several cars of that train off the rails.

    WSJ: Train Derailment Injures Dozens

  • However, no amount of online searching, staring at microfilm or even a private luxury tour can match the actual discovery of, say, your great, great grandfather's headstone in the grounds of a tiny Devon chapel, or knocking on the door of that thatched village house that was home to your long-dead relatives.

    BBC: A trip back to your roots

  • In the snow-packed San Bernardino Mountains, officers trudged through fresh snow as they searched homes, knocking on doors and peeking in windows, for Dorner.

    CNN: LAPD to review firing of ex-cop it's hunting

  • As a member of the House, he doesn't have major name recognition across the state, and he is going to have to spend lots of times knocking on doors if he is to become the junior senator from Florida and the only African-American in the U.S. Senate next year.

    CNN: Florida race could haunt Democrats in 2012

  • With Macedonia knocking the ball around confidently, Pandev again warmed the hands of Gordon with a powerful, deflected 22-yard strike on the stroke of half time.

    BBC: Scotland 2-0 Macedonia

  • He flew through the first two rounds, knocking off opponents like Nick Achtien, a 27-year-old software developer, who had spent about 30 minutes on his car.

    WSJ: Gentlemen, Start Your Little Cars: These Derbies Are for Grown-Ups

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定