Example sentences of "know [noun prp] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have you known Marianne for long ? ’ |
| 2 | Iris has known Philippe for quite a long time . |
| 3 | She hesitated for a moment before adding in a lowered voice , ‘ She 's known Philippe for quite a while , but I do n't think she ever realised … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I had known David for quite a long time ; we come from Cambridge and I knew him vaguely in the early days — I remember when he joined the Floyd in fact — and I 'd seen him socially over the years . |
| 5 | I 've known Heather for quite a while — a sort of on-and-off relationship , I suppose . |
| 6 | But of course you 've known Spaxton for so long . ’ |
| 7 | I 've known Newley for quite a while now . |
| 8 | Mum-of-one Nicky , a divorced 34-year-old commercial director , has known Robert for about 16 years . |
| 9 | ‘ I had known Les for over 25 years as a friend and we appeared many times on stage together . |
| 10 | He told the court that he had known Paula for more than 25 years and married her to Eddie at his church in Moreton . |
| 11 | He told the court that he had known Paula for more than 25 years and married her to Eddie at his church in Moreton . |
| 12 | I have known Basil for about thirty years , I knew him shortly after he came back from Vienna . |
| 13 | When I came into his life he had known Otto for about four years . |