Example sentences of "famous for [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Union 's more famous for producing Cabinet ministers than snooker players , but for Balliol undregraduate , Chris Grzesik , this was the chance of a lifetime . |
| 2 | We became very famous for exporting wool er woollen clothes and knitwear . |
| 3 | Trust House Forte is equally famous for providing conference centres . |
| 4 | Alford Grammar school also had a hand in the education of Captain John Smith before he went to Louth and Thomas Paine , famous for abolishing slavery in Pennsylvania and for his written works , in particular ‘ The Rights of Man ’ , lived here for several years when he worked at the Excise Office . |
| 5 | Don King was famous for swimming one-armed into the most critical positions , taking his shots , then melting away into another dimension until the danger had passed . |
| 6 | Merchants were not famous for taking exception to the behaviour of government appointees , but one of them likened the new Moscow Governor , A. A. Zakrevskii , to an Asiatic khan or Chinese viceroy . |
| 7 | LOU REED became famous for taking rock music into dark , uncharted waters . |
| 8 | Linder , previously famous for designing Magazine album sleeves and working on montage projects with Sounds writer Jon Savage , slowly wrenched the group away from the ideas of Kadmon . |