Example sentences of "[conj] was [adv] known [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think the the where we lived er er there was this woman that was well known for doing , and she lived in a very tiny house . |
| 2 | A group of Militia from Yavas , who formed a choir that was well known throughout the Dubrovlag , sang for an hour and a quarter . |
| 3 | Do you not think that almost regardless of the reply and whatever that reply contained , with what we now know with the benefit of hindsight about Liechtenstein , which was actually known by I M R O there 's not for the benefit of hindsight that was n't known at that time , should n't I M R O have refused immediately to license any organisation that was controlled out of Liechtenstein in those circumstances ? |
| 4 | It had to be known by employees to do their jobs and was widely known by relatively junior members of staff . |
| 5 | An important facture painting , ‘ Graue Hunde , drei Streifen ’ by Georg Baselitz ( lot 31 , est. $350–450,000 ) , which London dealer Michael Hue-Williams had acquired from Saatchi several years ago and was widely known in the trade , sold to a telephone bidder for $370,000 ( £205,600 ) . |
| 6 | I had been trying to get a membership list for the Cicero Club , but the only other name I could come up with was George Macready , a scarfaced iceman who had a profitable share of the City 's gambling and was best known for his sword-extruding walking stick . |
| 7 | Mr Ueberroth may have spoken a bit too bluntly for his own good — and was not known for his sensitivity in dealing with the urban poor . |
| 8 | It was under the protection of the Estates and was also known as the Estates Theatre . |
| 9 | Duke Berthold of Zähringen was now put up as the candidate of the Welfs because he appeared a man of means and was well known for his hostility to the Staufer . |
| 10 | The old general was a traditionalist who believed in the rule of authority , and was well known for his right-wing views . |
| 11 | One member of the caucus was particularly prominent in its activity and was well known as an innovator in the NHS . |
| 12 | He had been brought up in Weatherbury , and was well known as a young soldier with a great interest in girls . |
| 13 | Una Marson , the Jamaican poet , had worked with Orwell , and was well known to West Indian listeners . |
| 14 | My Grandfather accompanied me to all contests and modelling assignments and was well known on the Beauty Queen circuit as ‘ Pop ’ . |
| 15 | His situation was not in this respect dissimilar from that of the leaders of the North of England Sailors and Seagoing Firemen 's Friendly Association , which had been formed at Sunderland in 1879 by John Beresford and was commonly known as the " Sunderland Union " . |
| 16 | Whilst studying at the College , Frank was instrumental in bringing an unconscious man round , and was henceforth known to his fellow-students as ‘ the doctor ’ , and every day thereafter had some ‘ visits ’ to make . |
| 17 | After all SHE was the newcomer , and HE had starred alongside Michael J Fox in Bright Lights , Big City , and was better known in the movie-world . |
| 18 | Doctor Maingay was fifty if she was a day but was widely known to be unmarried . |
| 19 | Huckerby , a worried-looking , balding man , had a responsible position which basically involved overseeing editorial expenditure and running the paper day to day , but was best known for fussing round the office collecting old coffee cups and switching off the lights last thing at night . |
| 20 | Thereafter he was a schoolmaster at Worksop College , but was best known as a fast bowler for Essex and England . |
| 21 | Corbett , who had a string of classical roles behind him but was best known as the star of Steptoe and Son on TV , played a married travelling salesman , Brian , who is having an affair and aches for his lover after a fortnight 's absence , only to find himself sharing a bedsitting room with a religious zealot , Arnold , played by Crawford . |
| 22 | Dr Almahawi 's bisexuality was an open secret in gay circles around Dungannon , but was not known to the many women , including several nurses , with whom he slept . |
| 23 | The best known of the three bore the official name , dating from the 16th century , of Joueurs de violons , hautbois , saqueboutes et cornets , but was informally known as the 12 Grands hautbois du roi ; also attached to the Ecurie ( the king 's stables ) were the six Hautbois et musettes de Poitou , the ensemble that seems to have provided the winds for Les nopces de village . |
| 24 | Jack had married the daughter of the Westward family , as unlikely a match as was ever known in the country , but necessary since a child was on the way . |