Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other sizeable group of offences reported on is where the case involves someone well known ( e.g. Bronski pop man fined for sex offence or more frequently there is either fame by association ( e.g. GAY-SEX SHAME OF ESTHER 'S ‘ BROTHER' , where the inverted commas in the headline indicate the rather more tenuous link with television star Esther Rantzen than the headline immediately suggests ) , or the actor who was said to make £12,000 a year from impersonating Prince Charles , or someone who sounds from the headline to be well known ( e.g. CASTRATE ME SAYS GAY OPERA SINGER : He preyed on children . |
| 2 | Since then they have made themselves widely known from radio and television . |
| 3 | These two institutions have made themselves universally known as the automatic check-in points for people who like a bit of a show — canteens for gossip column readers in search of local colour . |
| 4 | To explain , requires the use of terms less abstruse than that which is to be explained , and such terms can not always be found ; for as nothing can be proved but by supposing something intuitively known , and evident without Proof , so nothing can be defined but by the use of words too plain to admit a definition . |
| 5 | However , as it is usually a method designed to illustrate something already known , a certain discretion may be exercised in the placing of the lines of section . |
| 6 | Most dealers had already written in a premium for the premiership of Pierre Beregovoy , whose stint as finance minister made him well known to the business community . |
| 7 | Priestley supported them and made it well known , so much so that he was asked not to attend the dinner — just in case . |
| 8 | So I must ask you : Will you come to Scone and make it publicly known that this kingdom is your prime care ? |
| 9 | John Mackay said he 'd draft a leaflet , and I 've just done one myself , knowing how busy John is , and feeling also a sense of urgency about this , that we need to get ourselves better known . |
| 10 | Had I then known Elizabeth Taylor 's work , I might have imagined her using such a setting . |
| 11 | The 110 we have , had its well known make of tyres replaced at less than 10,000 miles due to sidewalls breaking up ( as have many others , with punctures from steel tyre cords penetrating the tube inside the tyre ) . |
| 12 | What had she really known about the young man who 'd been Eddie 's friend ? |
| 13 | Had they only known … |
| 14 | Not until now had he really known how much it all meant to him . |
| 15 | Why could n't you given us well known countries ? |
| 16 | And have you ever known me to miss before ? |
| 17 | Similarly , with potato crisps , have you ever known anyone not finish a packet they started ? |
| 18 | ‘ Have you ever known me to be anything else ? ’ |
| 19 | Have you ever known her try and get out of anything she ought to do ? |
| 20 | ‘ Have you ever known a trip when there were n't any ? |
| 21 | I mean , you know , whenever have you ever known someone to get constipated from Chinese , you know , but it always happens at the Indian , always , always ! |