Example sentences of "had know him [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I had known him for a number of years .
2 The Warden ( Vice-Chancellor ) Duff assured them that he was now not nearly so odd as he was when he had known him at the choir school of King 's College .
3 Yet it never occurred to John , as his mother aged , that she might be in need of any help , until a visitor from Johannesburg , who had known him as a boy , told him that she was hard up , after which lie made her an allowance .
4 Barbara was wonderful : unlike some people who had known him as a child , she treated him as an adult .
5 I went to Dubai and called on several prominent figures who had known him as a local businessman .
6 I was privy to all their discussions on Hardy , as both had known him during the First World War .
7 But the last time he had been in the headlines , people had known him by a different name — Chris Bott .
8 I bought him different clothes , and had his hair cut , but to me he looked just the same , and I lived in constant fear that he would be recognized by someone who had known him in the past .
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