knock
frames
knock.XX:
knock.01 "hit":
knock.02 "hit and cause to go down":
knock.03 "eliminate, destroy":
knock.04 "cut off by striking":
knock.XX sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- Or an interest in [ARG0 a retirement community] in Nevada that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel knock] [ARG1 your socks] off , [ARGM-TMP once it is built *-1] ?
- Judge John E. Sprizzo issued the order in Manhattan federal court , where Sony has accused [ARG0 the tiny company] of * [ARGM-MNR illegally] [rel knocking] off [ARG1 the `` My First Sony '' line] *T*-1 .
- `` The gist of this is that [ARG0 Justin] [rel knocked] off [ARG1 the Sony line] and Sony wants *-3 to stop it , '' says *T*-2 Lewis H. Eslinger , Sony 's attorney , who *T*-1 previously guarded Rubik 's Cube .
knock.XX NP-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- [ARGM-MOD Can] [ARG0 Sihanouk and Hun Sen] [rel knock] off [ARG1 the Khmer Rouge still supported * by China] ?
knock.XX sub-ARG0 PP_of-ARG2-out obj-ARG1
- These rules , they say 0 *T*-2 , permit [ARG0 faster and cheaper trading in futures than in stocks] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP frequently] [rel knocks] [ARG1 the two markets] out [ARG2-out of line] .
knock.01 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG1-on
- '' Or [ARGM-LOC the one] in which she and Josh are stranded *-1 in the city *T*-3 , and , [ARGM-TMP after *-2 insisting on separate motel rooms] , [ARG0 she] [rel knocks] on [ARG1-on his door] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to pour out her feelings about the rape] -- [ARGM-ADV *-2 wearing nothing but a mini-slip and a push-up bra] *T*-3 .
- Rather than * just send out [ARG0 marketing people] *-1 to [rel knock] on [ARG1-on customers ' doors] , IBM is making several hundred of its own manufacturing people available *-2 to discuss specific needs .
- [ARGM-ADV If interest rates plunge] , [ARG0 the insurer] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel knocking] on [ARG1-on my door] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 asking for steeper premium payments 0 *T*-2 to maintain the same amount of protection] .
- *-1 Referring to the chairmen of the Senate and House tax-writing committees , he adds , `` Next year , [ARG0 every special-interest group] is going *-2 to be there *-3 [rel knocking] on [ARG1-on Lloyd Bentsen 's door] , on Danny Rostenkowski 's door . ''
- *-1 Referring to the chairmen of the Senate and House tax-writing committees , he adds , `` Next year , [ARG0 every special-interest group] is going *-2 to be there *-3 [rel knocking] on [ARG1-on Lloyd Bentsen 's door] , on [ARG1-on Danny Rostenkowski 's door] . ''
- The books 1,500 entries include [ARG0 *] stepping on cracks and [rel knocking] on [ARG1-on wood] ... .
knock.01 NP-ARG0 NP-ARG1-on
- What *T*-1 makes a person buy an oil well from [ARG0 some stranger] [rel knocking] on [ARG1-on the screen door] ?
knock.01 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- And [ARG0 unruly crowds at RJR Nabisco Inc. 's booth] [ARGM-ADV almost] [rel knocked] over [ARG1 a glass showcase] [ARGM-LOC in the rush * to get a free Camel cigarette sticker] .
knock.01 sub-ARG0
- Mr. Noriega , by now a lieutenant colonel , expanded his contacts to include the Cubans -- not to mention the Israelis , the Taiwanese and [ARG0 any other intelligence service] that *T*-1 came [rel knocking] .
knock.02 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- London share prices closed sharply lower Friday in active trading after Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson 's resignation slapped the market and [ARG0 Wall Street 's rapid initial sell-off] [rel knocked] [ARG1 it] down .
- They added that [ARG0 market-makers] were [rel knocking] [ARG1 share prices] down [ARGM-TMP in midafternoon] [ARGM-LOC in a bid * to attract some interest] , but the action largely helped open the way for London 's late declines .
- `` It *EXP*-2 's horrible * to say , but it 's unfortunate 0 that earthquake was n't in Phoenix -- [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD might] have [rel knocked] out [ARG1 some of our empty buildings] , '' said *T*-1 C.W. Jackson , a prominent Arizona businessman with interests in real estate , banking and many other businesses .
- At San Francisco International Airport , [ARG0 shock waves] wrecked the control tower , *-1 [rel knocking] down [ARG1 computers] and shattering glass .
- [ARGM-LOC Along the way] , [ARG0 the quake] toppled a mall in Santa Cruz , [rel knocked] down [ARG1 buildings in San Francisco 's fashionable Marina District] and sent a wall of bricks crashing on motorists in the city 's Financial District .
- In addition , activity at a number of San Francisco-based brokerage houses was curtailed *-1 as a result of [ARG0 the earthquake] , which *T*-2 [rel knocked] out [ARG1 power lines and telephone service] [ARGM-LOC throughout the Bay area] .
- This avoids [ARG0 *] [rel knocking] down [ARG1 prices] [ARGM-EXT further] .
knock.02 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG4-to obj-ARG1
- But when the contract reopened *T*-1 , [ARG0 the subsequent flood] of sell orders that *T*-211 [ARGM-TMP quickly] [rel knocked] [ARG1 the contract] down to [ARG4-to the 30-point limit] indicated that the intermediate limit of 20 points was needed *-128 *-128 to help keep stock and stock-index futures prices synchronized .
knock.02 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-EXT NP-ARG4-to obj-ARG1
- Last Friday , [ARG0 takeover traders] spilled out of Hilton , *-1 [rel knocking] [ARG1 the stock] down [ARG2-EXT 21 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 85] .
knock.02 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-off obj-ARG1
- [ARG0 Factory workers on strike] [rel knocked] [ARG1 Poland 's Communist bosses] off [ARG2-off balance] [ARGM-TMP last year] ; this year , it was the farmers who *T*-1 brought them down .
knock.03 sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- `` [ARGM-ADV If you say * sell anytime 0 a company 's price\/earnings ratio exceeds 15 *T*-1] , [ARG0 that] [rel knocks] out [ARG1 all your growth stocks] , '' he says *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The quake] [rel knocked] [ARG1 The Well] out [ARGM-TMP for six hours] , but when it came back up *T*-1 , it teemed with emotional first-hand reports .
- Nothing stirred the soul of Ronald Reagan and his disciples as much as the crusade * to aid Nicaragua 's Contra rebels , or the dream of * building [ARG0 a space-based defense shield] * to [rel knock] out [ARG1 Soviet nuclear missiles] .
- [ARG0 The quake , which also *T*-1 caused damage in San Jose and Berkeley ,] [rel knocked] out [ARG1 electricity and telephones] , cracked roadways and disrupted subway service in the Bay Area .
knock.03 obj-ARG1
- [ARG1 Its telecommunications headquarters in Burlingame , Calif. ,] had been [rel knocked] *-1 out [ARGM-TMP since the quake] .
- Service appeared *-2 to be down throughout the financial district in downtown San Francisco , while [ARG1 just parts of Oakland and San Jose] were [rel knocked] *-1 out .
- BECHTEL CORP. , San Francisco , engineering and construction concern , annual sales of $ 4 billion *U* , had only minor structural damage at its three buildings in the city , but [ARG1 its computers] were [rel knocked] *-1 out .
knock.03 NP-ARG0-by obj-ARG1
- An increase in production at [ARG1 some major oil fields in the North Sea] , which *T*-2 had been [rel knocked] *-1 out by [ARG0-by an explosion] [ARGM-TMP in July 1988] , also aided results .
knock.03 sub-ARG1
- If [ARG1 both copies of a certain gene] were [rel knocked] out , benign polyps would develop .
knock.04 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG2-off obj-ARG1
- [ARGM-DIS Finally] , [ARG0 Tuesday 's California earthquake] initially [rel knocked] [ARG1 3.7 %] off [ARG2-off B.A.T 's share price in London] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-CAU because of fears of the potential claims to Los Angeles-based Farmers , which *T*-1 has a substantial portion of its property and casualty exposure in California] .
- [ARG0 The strong dollar , which *T*-2 reduces the value of overseas earnings and revenue when they are translated *-1 into dollars *T*-3 ,] is expected *-4 to [rel knock] [ARG1 80 to 85 cents] off [ARG2-off IBM 's per-share earnings for the full year] .
- Instead , the press corps readily accepted the notion that [ARG0 a snag in the takeover financing of United Airlines] [ARGM-TMP instantly] [rel knocked] [ARG1 7 %] off [ARG2-off the value of the nation 's capital stock] and caused convulsions around the world .
knock.04 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG4-to obj-ARG1
- [ARG0 The news] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel knocked] [ARG1 the British unit] to [ARG4-to below 2.95 marks] [ARGM-LOC in London] , but a bout of short-covering helped sterling recoup some of its earlier losses .
knock.04 sub-ARG0 NP-ARG3-from NP-ARG4-to obj-ARG1
- After a surprisingly sharp widening in the U.S. August merchandise trade deficit -- $ 10.77 billion *U* from a revised $ 8.24 billion *U* in July and well above expectations -- and a startling 190-point drop in stock prices on Oct. 13 , [ARG0 the Federal Reserve] relaxed short-term interest rates , *-1 [rel knocking] [ARG1 fed funds] from [ARG3-from around 9 %] to [ARG4-to 8 3\/4 %] .
knock.04 NP-ARG2-off obj-ARG1
- Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. , based * in Palo Alto , says 0 one of its buildings sustained severe damage [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 it] was [rel knocked] *-1 off [ARG2-off its foundation] *T*-2 .