Example sentences of "[pron] know [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I 'm disappointed by the stick he gets because I know him as a person . |
| 2 | I know we as a nation are not renowned for our ability to serve but the general level of indifference , apathy and downright rudeness I encountered made even me , a cynical bastard at the best of times , wince . |
| 3 | I knew her as a girl because my own parents being much occupied , my nurse used to take me to the north to her brother 's farm for holidays . |
| 4 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 5 | The following sentences taken from van Ek ( 1966 : 104-5 ) illustrate this use : ( 97 ) I knew him as a man to be very much like myself . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew him as a hard-working , modest , and honest politician , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I had been there and I knew it as a beautiful seaside resort , but that was n't why I was so delighted . |
| 8 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support for Mr. Norman Warner , whose appointment will be widely welcomed by those who know him as an independent-minded and good man . |
| 9 | Things like , it was us who set up the Benefits Unit in the Town Centre , you know , we , it was considered that you know we as a neutral policy team are in without departmental buyers rather than political buyers , that 's a joke , erm , would be the best people to erm , er set up this unit , we do n't have any less interest , the benefit 's , the benefit 's felt within the housing department with with the introduction of Poll Tax and the Poll Tax benefit , it was n't clear where that could go , so we were the people who had to sort that out . |
| 10 | So I will always remind you of those things even though you know them as a firmly established in the truth . |
| 11 | McKenzie , who has never been in trouble before , was described by people who knew him as a pleasant individual . |
| 12 | I was vividly aware of the far reaching and vast contribution that Basil had made to education , to values , to the good influences of the Authority on teachers and children , colleges , schools and students , and I am of the privileged few who were able to work with Basil in the early days of struggles , so I know how much , how very much he did — So I felt that at least he had fulfilled — as nearly as we can ever judge — so much of his life 's work even to the developments in his own personal creative medium — and this must be a comfort to you as well as to us who knew him as a friend and colleague . |
| 13 | As a person , Whitaker was frequently described by those who knew him as a great store-house of energy and enthusiasm , who could manage that rare gift of imparting such enthusiasm to others . |
| 14 | Even in Carluke , there are those who are far from convinced that Beattie , then only 19 and described by those who knew him as a train-daft ‘ big softie ’ , was capable of such a violent act . |
| 15 | A great student of literature and the classics , Donald Wilson , described by many who knew him as an ‘ avuncular Scot with an enormous sense of humour ’ , had been more than capable of helming the BBC 's Drama Unit up to its dissolution by Sydney Newman . |
| 16 | He knew her as a girl when she first came to Rome . |
| 17 | It is indeed strange that Anselm never referred the question to Ivo , bishop of Chartres : he knew him as a friend , but not apparently as the greatest authority on Canon Law in northern Europe . |