Later, there was a polite tap on the door, and a man brought in my little chest.

It had about as much effect on Taulie as a polite tap on the shoulder.

She did not register the polite tap on the door until he lifted his head from hers and muttered something incomprehensible and, she was sure, quite impolite.

There was a polite tap at the door.

There was a polite tap on the door, followed by scuffling of feet.

Presently there came a polite tap on the door.

Menolly's polite tap at the Masterharper's door brought an instant response.

In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder.

It was a polite, tentative tap.

He might have said more, except that at that moment there was a polite tap on the wall of the driving box behind them.