Example sentences of "only know for " in BNC.

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1 While he 's often only known for number of aces he blasts — 929 so far this year — last night his all-round game was on show and he served only six aces .
2 It was a word that Masklin had only known for a year .
3 The postcrania are only known for ‘ Kenyapithecus ’ from Maboko Island , and they indicate little change from the generalized arboreal quadrupedalism present in the early Miocene hominoids like Proconsul .
4 She had always been the sensible , down-to-earth twin , yet here she was , going away with a man she had only known for two days .
5 We only knew for certain that there was something strange afoot when we heard the sounds of a train being marshalled and it started coming towards the hostel , what is more terrifying was that it was coming on a non-existent track !
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