Knocks
Stumbles
Both words in one sentence
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Aside Glance: Fawlty Towers is been fairly good at avoiding this, but it does occur once in The Wedding Party when a drunk Manuel knocks Basil over and exclaims "I love you" - a guest who stumbles across them at just this moment looks at the screen in horror before running off.
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