He even seemed to lose the knack of getting his own way.

You lose the knack for coping with setbacks.

Crucially, he's lost his knack as a salesman.

And inevitably, he showed that he has not lost the knack of grinding out a win when it matters.

But we seem to be losing the knack.

Squaddies have a particular knack for inventing new words to describe the enemy, their officers, and their hosts.

Ads for radio stations had a particular knack for drawing consumer complaints.

He had a particular knack for writing dramas in a lighter vein.

He became a popular character actor, with a particular knack for playing drunks.

He had a particular knack for deceptively simple lyrics that portrayed strong emotion.

The show has a real knack for making people young and old laugh for different reasons.

Some collectors have a real knack for finding fossils even where they are rare.

You discover a real knack for handling all kinds of officials and bosses.

There's a real knack to walking off into the sunset.

His music may not be to everyone's taste, but he has a real knack for making compelling telly.

At times, he showed a knack for making big plays.

Over the years the group has shown a knack for spotting heirs apparent.

He shows a knack for telling stories - which then start to come true.

He showed a knack for playing comedy, and his 1930s films fell mainly into this genre, with occasional ventures into straight drama and thrillers.

He showed a knack for the physical sciences at a young age.

He has an uncanny knack of scoring goals.

And both have an uncanny knack of never quite getting it right.

They have an uncanny knack of toppling the walls that society or circumstance build between people.

Even big butterflies have an uncanny knack of disappearing.

Regardless of who owns, runs or plays for the club, it has an uncanny knack of mucking things up.