Example sentences of "[vb past] know [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 She 'd known Nick for years , meeting him when she 'd come to London to visit her cousin Mark Bristow , Sally 's son .
2 She 'd known Candy for too long to have any hope that she would escape without an inquisition .
3 Janet Bush said : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years .
4 She told the court : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years .
5 Janet Bush said : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years .
6 She told the court : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years .
7 She had known Nancy for years , of course .
8 Sami 's cousin and business associate , Jamal Hamadan , had known Younis for six years .
9 Paul McBride , for Todd , 32 , of Hogarth Road , London , said that he had known Sim for a number of years and out of loyalty wanted to help him .
10 ‘ I had known David for quite a long time ; we come from Cambridge and I knew him vaguely in the early days — I remember when he joined the Floyd in fact — and I 'd seen him socially over the years .
11 Angela Jones , 26 , of the same address , said she had known Michael for eight years and they had lived together for seven .
12 He told the court that he had known Paula for more than 25 years and married her to Eddie at his church in Moreton .
13 He told the court that he had known Paula for more than 25 years and married her to Eddie at his church in Moreton .
14 ‘ I had known Les for over 25 years as a friend and we appeared many times on stage together .
15 When I came into his life he had known Otto for about four years .
16 I had known Katharine for many years , and , in common with other members of the Kingman Committee , I had been impressed by her presentation when she appeared before us to answer questions .
17 Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser .
18 I had known Bruce for some years as he often ministered to friends , and on two or three occasions when he had laid his hands on my back , the heat emanating from them was like a blowtorch .
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