Example sentences of "[been] [adv] known [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Michael Portillo has been little known outside Westminster , but that is now changing , for he is the minister with the welfare state in his sights , says Joy Copley
2 Next week sees the release of Melancholia , a directorial debut by Andi Engel , who has until now been best known for his work as a film distributor .
3 For many years , the lady has been affectionately known as Myrtle .
4 new evidence has become available which could not have been reasonably known of or foreseen ; or
5 Susan 's activities must have been well known to the police . ’
6 All of that would have been well known to the Ephesians , who had been converted from false gods who had no glory , to be followers of the one true God whose glory had been demonstrated in the splendour , the brightness and the beauty of the Saviour .
7 Benjamin stared as if the victim had been well known to him .
8 ‘ He has always been well known for having a good and natural relationship with young people .
9 I suppose , after all , I 've had it since ‘ 66 , so I 've been well known for 26 years , which is a long time , and I do n't get anything much out of it any more . ’
10 The great advantage of having a fixed date er for these European elections on the ninth of June , a date that 's been well known for a considerable time now , should be the certainty for the electorate , that they know not only the date of that election but the geographical boundary er of the constituency in which they live er the candidates that they can choose from and of course in relation to European elections , the number of er members of the European parliament that there will be representing the United Kingdom .
11 I mean you could start by saying , ‘ Canborough has , has been well known for the number of grants it gives , you know , as , as the means of saying , ‘ Up to now we 've been the good people . ’
12 They have been well known since the eighteenth century , when Stukeley recorded a stone wall fronted by a ditch 15 m ( 49 ft ) wide .
13 Yet the different types found on Jersey and Guernsey had long been well known in England , which had imported Jerseys ( under the Alderney name ) since at least 1789 .
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