Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English masters he served so well , and to whom he was universally known as ‘ Signor Fixit ’ , were conspicuous by their absence . |
| 2 | By this time he was universally known as Algy . |
| 3 | Although he was affectionately known to all as ‘ Broomstick ’ , this fetching nickname severely underestimated the enormity of his appendage . |
| 4 | He was best known for rebuilding the Milagres Chapel in Machico . |
| 5 | Outside Italy he was best known for La Maniera italiana ( 1962 ) and I Bamboccianti ( 1983 ) . |
| 6 | This famous agriculturalist , influenced by the Duke of Bedford and dismissive of the Norfolk and Suffolk breeds that later combined to become the Red Poll , brought the small , thrifty Devons to his estates , where he was already known for experimenting with sheep such as the Southdown , the Norfolk Horn and Bakewell 's new Leicester . |
| 7 | His promotion in 1644 to the important post of co-secretary to the new committee of both kingdoms may have been partly because he was already known to , and trusted by , its Scottish members , but also suggests more direct patronage . |
| 8 | Since he was barely known in Britain at the time , the review of the recording in the March 1947 issue of Gramophone makes no mention of Karajan himself , let alone any gratuitous remarks of the crash of boots and jingle of spurs variety . |
| 9 | Foppington recently ‘ bought ’ his peerage ; he was formerly known as ‘ Sir Novelty Fashion ’ , and he speaks with gusto and effrontery , his speech deliberately affected , turning his ‘ o ’ s to ‘ a ’ s . |
| 10 | He was also known for his interest in ecological and environmental issues and , although located on the centre-right of the Democratic Party , shared Clinton 's belief in the right of women to choose to have an abortion . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He was well known to the band because he once shared a house with Solowka in Leeds . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Later still he was well known for his work in education . |
| 16 | ‘ Everyone in the area knew him and followed him everywhere , as he was well known for bringing provisions and medical supplies . |
| 17 | Erm he just knew it and he was well known for it . |
| 18 | But he knew he was well known for knowing that he 'd got you . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He was well known as a painter of Middle Eastern subjects and had travelled extensively . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And he was well known in the City , where there was still respect for a solid Yorkshire businessman . |
| 24 | He was well known in the local drugs scene . |
| 25 | He was well known in Hochhauser and several times they were stopped and she was introduced to yet another friend , another business or civic colleague . |
| 26 | He was well known in the Formby area and his death stunned the local community . |
| 27 | He was generally known as an Anabaptist , but though he ridiculed infant baptism he insisted that adult or believer 's baptism was also unnecessary . |
| 28 | He features in Kirby 's Wonderful Museum ( p. 34 , vol. 4 , 1820 edition ) where he is described as having been ‘ tall and very slender ’ and ‘ as he was never seen in company , or speaking with any person , his real name and character remained enveloped in profound mystery , so that he was generally known by no other appellation than the ‘ Walking Rushlight ' ’ ' . |
| 29 | Seven years later a cluster of names in a rental follows that of Ellice Hanmer , as he was generally known in his new parish . |
| 30 | He was presumably known to at least some of his fellow members — who themselves became foundation members of the Veterinary College — in particular the Duke of Northumberland , first president of the College ; Granville Penn , active in the establishment of the College , who became a member of the Society of Arts in 1788 and was in 1791 a steward ; the Earl of Morton ( one of Vial 's patrons ) ; Thomas Pitt FSA , subsequently to be one of the most assiduous attenders of meetings of the College governors , and last , but not least , Arthur Young , a member of the Society of Arts since 1769 . |