Example sentences of "been know [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hardly surprising that meetings at the DoH have been know to take a different turn from that envisaged by civil servants . |
| 2 | The child 's moral nature becomes perverted ; one such child has been known to upset a whole school . |
| 3 | What has happened with him since , since he became more of a big newspaper owner , is he shifted from that and he has been known to support a Labour government in Australia and a Tory government in Britain at the same time and George Bush in the United States while supporting Keating or Bob Hawk in Australia . |
| 4 | Gooch has been known to carry a long face on his sleeve and he may well appreciate the strength of Gatting . |
| 5 | He has been known to use a rotary sander to put over his message , not to speak of dancing on broken glass — and no damage done ! |
| 6 | Mrs Popple had long been known to have a short temper . |
| 7 | Ramprakash has long been known to have a short fuse but after a year in the England set-up , it was to be hoped he had matured . |