Example sentences of "know [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And did n't we all know you for a darling girl ? ’ he whispered in her ear as his fingers continued to blaze fire across her exposed nape . |
| 2 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 3 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 4 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 5 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 6 | He shall feel the ground give under him , if only once , he shall fall , and men shall see him fall , and know him for a man like other men . |
| 7 | ‘ She wo n't be getting any you know what for a bit ; |
| 8 | He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time . |
| 9 | We 've known them for a while , they 've been travelling to games solidly for years and are better fans on that score than I 've ever been . |
| 10 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 11 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 12 | I had known him for a number of years . |
| 13 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 14 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 15 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 17 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 18 | Sir James Barrie would have known him for a Lost Boy . |
| 19 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 20 | I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome . |
| 21 | Maxim would have known it for a British government office no matter where in the world he met it : small neon-lit with a hodge-podge of cheap furniture and painted to look scruffy even when it was surgically dean . |
| 22 | In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work . |
| 23 | He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight . |
| 24 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 25 | She knew it for a fact . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew it for a bird at once . ’ |
| 27 | Ben knew it for a certainty . |
| 28 | He knew it for a certainty . |
| 29 | It was this last that gave him pause , for , he was to say , ‘ Although I had no knowledge of it — that place where the Twelve Judges sit — I believed that I had long since dreamed it , and I knew it for a place of great finality and immense power . |
| 30 | You knew it for a fact . |