Example sentences of "be know for his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only two sketches are known for his French operas and none for the Italian ones . |
| 2 | Wilko ( ex teacher ) is known for his deep thought and intellectual ways … and so is cuntona ( amonsgt other things ) . |
| 3 | Khan Abdul Wali Khan , the most prominent Pashtun political leader , is known for his close ties with the Soviet-backed government in Afghanistan . |
| 4 | Berge is known for his fierce defence of Saint Laurent . |
| 5 | Mr Heseltine is known for his hard work and mental and physical stamina . |
| 6 | Ben Elton , 32 , star of the BBC series The Man from Auntie , is known for his angry humour . |
| 7 | And he is known for his after-match tantrums , which include an incident when he kicked down an advertising board . |
| 8 | Tabs of Fuggles Fissenden was known for his strange custom of always leaving the Robin Hood public house backwards , this was because on a number of occasions having imbibed too freely , he fell forward on leaving , breaking his clay pipe , so for ever afterwards he removed himself backwards concerned not with his own safety but with that of his clay pipe . |
| 9 | The new Information Minister was Mohamed Khojali Saliheen , who was known for his religious broadcasts under the Nemery regime . |
| 10 | Aksoy , who was a member of the SDPP , was known for his outspoken opposition to women wearing headscarves and the conversion of the St Sophia museum into a mosque [ see above ] . |