Example sentences of "known [noun] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Well , I shall need a lot of persuasion to change my mind , but I 've known Edward for a very long time and we 're good friends .
2 I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence .
3 He had only known Heather for a few weeks , after all , and may well have been deceived by the impression she had created in Rhodes ' alien environment .
4 He said : ‘ I have known Graham for a long time but there will be no sentiment when he picks the England team .
5 Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser .
6 It was a huge , though little known success for the UN and the people of Namibia .
7 West Bromwich boss Ardiles , an enthusiastic 15-handicap golfer , said : ‘ I 've known Vicente for a long time .
8 But , since you 're so interested , I 've known Nicole for a long time . ’
9 A number of other transcription factors are known substrates for the DNA-PK , including Sp1 , Oct-1 , Oct-2 , c-Myc , SRF , c-Fos , p53 and the chicken progesterone receptor ( 3-9 ) .
10 Paul McBride , for Todd , 32 , of Hogarth Road , London , said that he had known Sim for a number of years and out of loyalty wanted to help him .
11 Bacon 's well known appeal for the intellectual elite to abandon various forms of intellectual ‘ idolatry , ’ including their dependence on classical authority , in favour of the productive methods of the skilled artisan was imitative of Paracelsus .
12 Denis Smith says … he 's known John for a long time and has just the experience and talent that Oxford need
13 It was incredible but true — incredible because she 'd only known Fen for a week — incredible because she 'd begun by disliking him — but true that she was in love with him .
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