Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] well know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was well known as the chief editor of the Black Papers on Education ( 1969–77 ) , supposedly traditional and right wing in their views of education . |
| 2 | I knew the Mozarteum Orchestra because I had played with them as a pianist , and I was well known in Salzburg , so we had no difficulty in selling tickets . |
| 3 | This fact , which was well known in his own lifetime , did not prevent his succeeding Kaunitz as Chancellor in 1792 . |
| 4 | Key figures in the early evolution of the corporations included Nigel Broackes , Chairman of the London Docklands Development Corporation ( LDDC ) , and Basil Bean , Chief Executive of the Merseyside Development Corporation ( MDC ) , who were well known within City and market institutions . |
| 5 | ‘ She was well known in Aspull and it had been said she had a heart of gold . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Utterson 's best friend was a distant cousin called Richard Enfield , who was well known as a fun-loving ‘ man about town ’ . |
| 7 | Roy Bradford who had been a member of the Executive stood as an Ulster Unionist in East Belfast but without the support of UUUC , and Tom Conaty who was well known as Chairmen of the Central Citizens Defence Committee ( CCDC ) stood as an Independent in West Belfast and identified himself as a Catholic representative . |
| 8 | In one almost comic instance , a man described as a ‘ wooden-legged ruffian ’ who was well known for drunk-and-disorderly offences had kicked a policeman with his wooden leg . |
| 9 | They were well known at the Jade Cockatoo , for the seniors at Pinehurst were allowed to have tea in the town now and then . |
| 10 | They were well known in Shakespeare 's time , for in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , Titania remarks about a period of unseasonable weather : |
| 11 | The curious thing about Dr Dunstaple 's death was that although the harrowing circumstances which had attended it were well known throughout the camp , it was not generally considered that , by dying , the Doctor had lost his argument with McNab . |
| 12 | Stoke area was chosen I suppose because my father worked on the railway and you either worked on the railway or if you lived over Stoke , it was well known for that . |
| 13 | It was well known amongst that elite of which he was a part that the Chairman detested news of crisis . |
| 14 | She told Vanity Fair that it was well known in Washington that President Bush had had an extra-marital affair . |
| 15 | It was well known in college that , barring some accident , Mr de Chavigny would take a First in his PPE Finals . |
| 16 | The 48-year-old New Zealander did not apply for the job in so many words , but it was well known in the British territory 's rugby circles that he was available , if asked . |
| 17 | It was well known among his colleagues that William Bird 's avuncular manner tended to pay dividends where ladies were concerned ; he seldom went short of ample refreshments during the pursuit of justice . |
| 18 | He was well known at the Maze Races where he took part in many heats with various friends , including Edward Wakefield , the Quaker from Moyallon . |
| 19 | He was well known to the band because he once shared a house with Solowka in Leeds . |
| 20 | George Garratt was a sparkling outside-right who hailed from Newcastle and came to the Palace in the summer of 1908 from West Bromwich Albion , after formerly playing with Aston Villa ( where , of course , he was well known to Edmund Goodman ) and Plymouth Argyle . |
| 21 | Her husband , Jack , used to sell fruit and vegetables from a horse and cart , going as far as the top of Baldersdale to find custom He was well known to all the elder members of the Hauxwell family , including Hannah 's mother and father . |
| 22 | Later still he was well known for his work in education . |
| 23 | ‘ Everyone in the area knew him and followed him everywhere , as he was well known for bringing provisions and medical supplies . |
| 24 | Erm he just knew it and he was well known for it . |
| 25 | But he knew he was well known for knowing that he 'd got you . |
| 26 | In 1947 he was well known as one of the authors — in fact he was the chairman of the group and the principal author and the person in charge of publication — of a report to the Archbishop of Canterbury , now Geoffrey Fisher , on the nature of Catholicity . |
| 27 | In or about February 1983 , I received a message via my branch director that the deputy Director-General of MI5 was prepared to consider favourably an application from me for a telephone intercept on a member of the Communist Party within C.N.D. John Cox , a Vice-President of C.N.D. , was selected since he was well known as a member of the Communist Party and had been involved in C.N.D. practically since its inception . |
| 28 | He was well known as a painter of Middle Eastern subjects and had travelled extensively . |
| 29 | A product of St Peter 's College , Colombo and Ceylon University , both of which he represented at cricket , he was well known as a commentator and broadcaster before moving to Bangkok where he became Sports Editor of the Bangkok Post in 1963 . |
| 30 | And he was well known in the City , where there was still respect for a solid Yorkshire businessman . |