Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [been] known for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was an intervention from her conscience but she had never been known for obstinacy in the past , and it was puzzling to account , really , for her awkward persistence about Grace . |
| 2 | they , they 've always been known for marvellous skin have n't they , the erm |
| 3 | It has even been known for an esteemed binder 's ticket to be transferred from a battered volume to a more handsome specimen with which he had no demonstrable connection . |
| 4 | It has even been known for a company to respond to a request for information six weeks after the initial query and then to complain that their product had been left out ! |
| 5 | It has long been known for its very good annual conferences , and for giving the Eleanor Farjeon Award . |
| 6 | It had never been known for them to stay less than three hours — not that Mum minded . |
| 7 | This is , in effect , what had already been known for a considerable time as a ‘ cantata ’ for six voices , four viole , two violini , and string and keyboard continuo , in four strongly contrasted sections ( solo and tutti ) preceded by a sinfonia . |