Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] know to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as Sgt Wilson 's thesis was channelled to me because I was known to be interested in research , so many police research departments now get allocated the task of reading the essays submitted by sergeants and inspectors for NEBS or DMS qualifications . |
| 2 | ( I had taken to climbing over the railings of the barracks each night , as the watchmen on the gate had been forbidden to let me in as I was known to be sleeping there . |
| 3 | The fact that she was known to be on a special complex carbohydrate diet designed to help her regain weight did n't help matters . |
| 4 | Detectives said she was known to be upset over personal problems and ex-pressed serious concern for her safety . |
| 5 | Detectives in Colchester expressed concern for Lisa 's safety following her disappearance and revealed that she was known to be upset over personal problems . |
| 6 | He said she was known to be wanton and had become pregnant after having sex with numerous teenage boys . |
| 7 | There is no record that the Prime Minister had ever visited a prison , but she was known to be offended by the deplorable conditions and personal indignities caused by overcrowding . |
| 8 | She was known to be one of the little ones who had filled in their colouring books irreverently , making our Lord 's beard purple , or even green , largely , to be sure , because she never bothered to get hold of the best crayons first . |
| 9 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |
| 10 | It would have been more usual to have asked her with careful casualness to wait behind after the meeting but what he had to say was private and he had been trying for some weeks now to cut down the number of times when they were known to be alone together . |
| 11 | ‘ Sailors were the élite , ’ Daniel Farson observes ; ‘ guardsmen were less popular because they were known to be out for the money . ’ |
| 12 | They were known to be present in all good mines — indeed their absence was not a good omen . |
| 13 | There was speculation that Soviet concern could extend to the possibility of missile attacks launched from any of the republics they were known to be located . |
| 14 | All these transactions were secret , for there would be little use in keeping a paper alive if it were known to be owned by a political party . |
| 15 | ( This is not the present ladies ' room but is believed to have been on the first floor of the main clubhouse where it was known to be in the 1940 's at least ) . |
| 16 | In 1981 , when he was known to be seriously ill , Henry Fonda was voted Best Actor for On Golden Pond : his daughter and ( co-star ) Jane picked up the Oscar for him , and he died just five months later . |
| 17 | He was known to be ‘ worried about Marcus ’ , but Franca had not asked him exactly what the worry was . |
| 18 | He was known to be linked with a Serbian secret society known as the Black Hand . |
| 19 | He was known to be a political activist , but as far as we know had no record of violence . |
| 20 | He was known to be interested in Victorian architecture . |
| 21 | He was known to be a bad-tempered recluse , avoided by everyone in the area . |