Example sentences of "know he for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Sir James Barrie would have known him for a Lost Boy .
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 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 .
5 Knowing him for the hard-hearted son of a bitch he was , I was still shaken .
6 I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves
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