Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] know [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose he thought I was not giving of my best , and as I was known as a rather shy , reserved sort , he had decided that a quiet word at an informal moment would be the best approach . |
| 2 | We became known at that time as a labour school and still later , we were known as a farmer-labour school . |
| 3 | Frederica wondered whether Caroline knew the Scarborough story , and , if so , whether it was known as a joke or as something apologised for . |
| 4 | She 'd come across one like it in a house of ill-repute where it was known as a squirt . |
| 5 | it was er now it was , now at the start of the new town er present East Kilbride a new town , it was known as a new town and it was just starting to build up . |
| 6 | Clean-shaven and with a full head of greying hair , he was known as a gentle man , but nobody crossed him . |
| 7 | While at Trelawne he was known as a jovial fellow who drank more wine than was customary among the clergy , but was not without a vicious temper and a rough tongue . |
| 8 | Of medium height , he was known as a dresser and had been tipped a couple of times for those best-dressed men lists . |
| 9 | Initially attached to the Munster circuit , he was known as a zealous advocate and ‘ an amiable man , of courteous manners , and prepossessing appearance , with a fine forensic countenance ’ ( Madden ) . |
| 10 | In some places in Kent he was known as a Borsholder , and was elected by the parish , in most cases reluctantly . |
| 11 | An energetic product of accelerated promotion , he was known as a tough union negotiator . |
| 12 | He was known for a devout man , the lord of Parfois , a patron of pilgrims and collector of relics , and long ago he had taken the cross ; when he wanted to blaspheme he turned to his classical education and its multiple gods , and loosed his barbs at them . |