Example sentences of "i knew he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following sentences taken from van Ek ( 1966 : 104-5 ) illustrate this use : ( 97 ) I knew him as a man to be very much like myself . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew him as a hard-working , modest , and honest politician , ’ he said . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | I knew him over a period of about two years before he died . |
| 5 | I knew him through the Civil Service Orchestra , you see . |
| 6 | No , I knew him from the school . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew him in the army , ’ he said simply . |
| 8 | He travelled as a seaman to Sydney where he won the Australian heavyweight title before transferring to San Francisco where he was persuaded by the Earl of Lonsdale to operate in England , a move which enhanced his status greatly , as a contemporary noted : ‘ I knew him in the days of his greatness when sitting on top of the pugilistic world , fêted and lionized , he might well have been excused some slight vanity ’ ( quoted by Henderson , 1949 , pp.20–1 ) . |