Example sentences of "[verb] know him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir James Barrie would have known him for a Lost Boy . |
| 2 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 3 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 4 | I went to Dubai and called on several prominent figures who had known him as a local businessman . |
| 5 | I was privy to all their discussions on Hardy , as both had known him during the First World War . |
| 6 | But the last time he had been in the headlines , people had known him by a different name — Chris Bott . |
| 7 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |