1.   I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.

2.   The front door was painted a shiny black, and the brass knocker gleamed spotlessly.

3.   It had a tarnished brass knocker showing a pixie cobbling shoes and declaring itself to be a present from Cornwall.

4.   Even black is good, especially if the door has a big brass knocker and a shiny thumb latch.

5.   Hanley lives next door in a four-room shanty with a Formica table in the kitchen and a brass knocker on the front door.

6.   Pictures of quaint wooden buildings danced in my head, buildings with handsome wooden doors decorated with rustic wreaths and brass door knockers.

7.   Think tissue-box covers hand-painted with baby-blue ribbons or brass door knockers shaped like pineapples.