Example sentences of "[verb] known [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 2 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 3 | The art ( therapy ? ) of Reflexology is founded on the principle that massaging the feet can affect the health of other parts of the body , a fact which acupuncture has known for a long time . |
| 4 | Physical exercise is becoming known as a valuable tool in treating depression , and if you find that hard to believe just try forcing yourself into a vigorous half hour 's sport , jogging or even just a brisk walk next time you feel low , and note the lift in your mood afterwards . |
| 5 | My mother was visiting someone who worked there whom she 'd known as a child . |
| 6 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 7 | This solves the common law problem where a particular purpose is made known by a consumer to a dealer who may not have had ostensible or actual authority to receive such communication on the part of the financing institution . |
| 8 | Over the years I suppose I 've become known as a dotty naturalist but I try to be rational and I think it 's a pity the Greens are n't more practical . |
| 9 | By providing welfare benefits , recipients may become less reliant on self-help and more dependent on the state , entering what has become known as a dependency culture or benefit culture . |
| 10 | By an extended tour in 1780–2 he had become known as a pianist in Paris , Strasburg , Munich , and Vienna , and in 1802 he was enthusiastically received in St Petersburg . |
| 11 | Since growing up in Swinbrook , EV Thompson has become known as a best selling author of historical romances . |
| 12 | Er , if you get known as a good supply teacher you 'll get the work to begin with , you might only get an odd day . |
| 13 | But what happens if a site gets known as a place where the troublemakers are likely to aim for ? |
| 14 | Baldwin fought what became known as a ‘ Safety First ’ campaign . |
| 15 | It was eventually terraced and became known as a sort of Methodist ‘ cathedral ’ . |
| 16 | Temple became known as a local Gretna Green and an historian of the time commented , ‘ Many a bad marriage bargain is there slubbered up ( sic ) and grass widows with their fatlings put to lie in and nurse here ’ . |
| 17 | The myth developing around Johnson took on an existence of its own and he became known as a hero of black folklore , fitting into that tradition of ‘ bad niggers ’ , moral hard men who were , according to Lawrence Levine , ‘ admired because they had the strength , courage and ability to flout the limitations imposed by white society ’ ( 1977 , p.420 ) . |
| 18 | After a switch to real race machinery , Bradl soon became known as a daring , go-for-broke rider and by 1987 he 'd taken his first European championship win and second overall in the series . |
| 19 | Once the bill of lading became an abstract document , it conveyed to a good faith holder what became known as a ‘ mercantile ’ title to the goods — the lawful holder of the bill of lading acquired a better right to the possession of the goods than his transferor . |
| 20 | Thus glagolitic became known as a Croatian script , although its origins were in Macedonia . |
| 21 | If the hole contained three items it became known as a pur-3 , four items a pur-4 , and so on . |
| 22 | Becoming angry in the face of this reception , the Germans started what subsequently became known as a rastrellamento , which literally means a raking — a detailed search of the area . |
| 23 | During his Oxford years , Isaac Abendana became known as a resident authority on all matters Jewish and the chief purveyor of Hebrew books , a situation he consolidated by inventing the Oxford diary , which in his original form included not only information relevant to university men but also a yearly essay on some aspect of Jewish religion and culture . |
| 24 | Waiting for him are the entertainments manager , played by veteran British character actor Sydney Tafler , and another stand-up act , in the guise of Christopher Timothy , who later became known as a star of All Creatures Great and Small . |
| 25 | Rosebery became known as an example of ‘ the self-managing school ’ . |
| 26 | Suppose we make known to a child that we have three sticks , all of different length . |
| 27 | From long experience , Belinda 's younger brothers would have known in an instant by the crisp , deceptively mild tone that she was no longer fooling around , but unfortunately Greg Carey was n't possessed of this experience , so he said on a thick , purring note , ‘ Because you need to loosen up , get rid of some inhibitions . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's a real danger in the field of design these days that you become known for a specific style , like a particular type of chair , for instance , and that is all that people will ever want you to do . ’ |
| 29 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 30 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |