Example sentences of "[pers pn] have know [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really .
3 She had known for a long time now .
4 You do n't expect that from people you have known for a long time .
5 Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university .
6 We 've known for a hundred years that there were Roman burials in this area .
7 We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by .
8 We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment .
9 But it has such appeal that the casinos are reporting more feverish betting activity than they 've known in a long time .
10 He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself .
11 at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time .
12 She reminded him of someone he had known as a young man .
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