Example sentences of "know him from [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Wagner , as I now know him from his music , his poetry , his aesthetic , not least from that fortunate meeting with him , is the flesh-and-blood illustration of what Schopenhauer calls a genius . |
| 2 | The aunt ( actually great-aunt ) who had known him from his appearance was Sarah , widow of old William Justavus Cranko , and the companion she sent to fetch him was Miemie Dempers , William 's sister . |
| 3 | Rik Mayall 's name was all it took to persuade Ate de Jong to direct the film : ‘ I knew him from his work in THE YOUNG ONES . |
| 4 | Edinburgh friends who knew him from his Islay childhood thought that he might be able to help me . |
| 5 | The band knew him from his days with another Leeds ' band , The Sinister Cleaners . |
| 6 | He let his mind play over the man as he had felt him at their meeting , as he now knew him from his books : vain , opinionated , hearty , joky . |
| 7 | Several undergraduates who knew him from his Trinity days often came to see him and wrote to him especially at Christmas . |