Example sentences of "know [prep] a [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was known for a devout man , the lord of Parfois , a patron of pilgrims and collector of relics , and long ago he had taken the cross ; when he wanted to blaspheme he turned to his classical education and its multiple gods , and loosed his barbs at them . |
| 2 | She reminded him of someone he had known as a young man . |
| 3 | Clean-shaven and with a full head of greying hair , he was known as a gentle man , but nobody crossed him . |
| 4 | Methodically , he replaced the screwdriver in a toolbox in the garden shed , though he was not known as a tidy man . |
| 5 | Thus John , Prior of the Augustinian House at Bridlington , was known as a holy man and canonised in 1401 . |