Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] know [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simone 's eyes were sparkling , and Alyssia said frigidly , ‘ I had no idea you were known in this part of the world . ’ |
| 2 | She was known to all in the French Quarter for her good looks , her own hard-luck story ( two marriages , two troubled kids , a problem with drink ) and the soft spot she had for the hard-luck stories of others , poets in particular . |
| 3 | I mean what we 've heard that in fact erm they had met in prison , but was that known to you at that time or simply that they were known to each other and that had a record ? |
| 4 | Law 's claims were therefore substantial , but they were known to few outside parliament , Glasgow and Manchester . |
| 5 | They were known to several medieval writers , including the mid-twelfth century Norman bishop and controversialist , Arnulf of Lisieux . |
| 6 | By contrast Engels 's position was that the family , as it was known in his time , had not always existed in that form , that marriage as it was known at that time had also not always existed . |
| 7 | Archer Road or ‘ The Street ’ as it was known by all who lived in it , was a bit like the curate 's egg : bits of it were good and bits of it were bad , very bad . |
| 8 | In 1911 Law was known — in so far as he was known at all in the parliamentary party — as a spirited debater . |
| 9 | The search for soccer stories occupied a new breed of journalist — men like Alan Hoby , the self-styled ‘ Man Who Knows ’ , or the ‘ Man Who Knows F — All ’ as he was known to some of his readers . |
| 10 | He was known to most of the crowd , having appeared at the famous Appleby Horse Fair as well as Lee Fair for many years . |