Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 .
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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 .
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