Example sentences of "[vb past] know [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | Thus glagolitic became known as a Croatian script , although its origins were in Macedonia . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She had known for a long time now . |
| 5 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 6 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |
| 7 | She reminded him of someone he had known as a young man . |