Example sentences of "[vb past] well know " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Big Black got better known , they acquired a reputation for oddness . |
| 2 | Thereafter he became better known as a forensic scientist achieving such professional distinctions as presidency of the Medico-Legal Society and of the Forensic Science Society ( of which Grant was a founder member and secretary ) . |
| 3 | She later became better known as Lord Nelson 's mistress , Lady Hamilton . |
| 4 | Unfortunately there have been presenters who became better known for hitting the headlines than their ability to turn washing up bottles into handy household objects . |
| 5 | Firstly one should note that it was not until about 1846 when Liouville published two of his papers that Galois ' work became better known . |
| 6 | The tsarist threat receded in 1867 , when Russia sold Alaska to the United States , and the doctrine subsequently became better known for its challenge to the perceived intention of the European Holy Alliance to help Spain reconquer its former colonies . |
| 7 | His name and achievements became better known to the general public , however , in the sphere of lighter music : in operetta rather than in opera , and above all in the stage works of Franz Lehár , in which he charmed thousands by his sympathetic tenor quality and by the grace and variety of his vocal inflections . |
| 8 | One son , John Emes ( 1763–1808 ) , was an artist and engraver , but later became better known , with his wife Rebecca , as a goldsmith . |
| 9 | You 'd better know the theory and the practice of the venue 's fire regulations . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'd better know — unofficially — that an alert for Tweed has now gone out secretly to our counter-espionage friends and certain police chiefs in Europe . |
| 11 | Mrs Keating shouted , ‘ I think you 'd better know , I intend to write to the school about this . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ As I say , this is supposed to be Top Secret , but you 'd better know if you 're to be any help . |
| 13 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , perhaps we 'd better know how we stand . ’ |
| 15 | It 's the law of the jungle , kid , and you 'd better know it . ’ |
| 16 | His previous incarnations seemed well known to Primaflora who had last seen him , presumably , crossing from the service of the Grand Commander Louis de Magnac to that of Nicholas with total aplomb . |
| 17 | Now , the reason I called was , that I have always been out of the phone directory ever since my name got well known in showbiz . |
| 18 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 19 | He taught initially at a junior school in Berkshire , then at a grammar school , and later at Downe House , where he became well known on the art-teaching circuit when his pupils won ( for two consecutive years ) a national art competition and their work toured internationally . |
| 20 | It was originally a corn mill and later became well known as , in about 1890 , it became the site of Lord Edward Spencer Churchill 's first electric power generator . |
| 21 | They were exotic , impoverished days for Nicholson and , above all , big experiences for the boy from Neptune who had by now left the protective custody of his sister/mother and was sharing an apartment with one of a group of friends who he met at the time and with whom he remained close when he became well known . |
| 22 | The antihistamines , which became well known late in the 1940s ( see Chapter 12 ) , turned out to have several properties which would not have been predicted from what was known about histamine . |
| 23 | In past centuries the cattle of Wales became well known as graziers ' stock in the English Midlands in particular , where considerable herds of steers were traditionally fattened on grass or winter-yarded . |
| 24 | As we became well known , people kept things for us or told us of toys they had spotted . |
| 25 | A founder of the St Clares Ladies Choir which performed over a period of years , she also found time to become a devoted and regular pilgrim to Lourdes , where her lovely voice became well known to those in the Torchlight Processions . |
| 26 | Many of these became well known and prints from the original glass negatives are still in demand . |
| 27 | At first his challenges were met by rival warbosses , and there were several bloody battles , but after rumours of Azhag 's victories became well known the tribes gave up any ideas of fighting and flocked to join the growing Waaagh . |
| 28 | Cleyn became well known as an engraver and a painter in England , but these cartoons were to be his masterpiece . |
| 29 | It was a vintage year for the Chemistry Department — a fellow student and colleague of Frank Rose , N Cusa , became well known as a painter in water colours and illustrated at least one ICI calendar . |
| 30 | The repression there became well known . |