Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his plans became known in cricketing circles and Gooch told senior England tour party officials about the break-up at a Sussex hotel before his team flew to India on Monday from Gatwick Airport . |
| 2 | Membership of the three European Communities was , and has remained , identical , and it was at this time that the Member States became known as ‘ the Six ’ . |
| 3 | The effects of the world economic slump were traumatic but one event which occurred in 1930 , was the commencement by France , of the building of a line of concrete defences along its border with Germany — that line of defences became known as the Maginot Line . |
| 4 | And once Mr Thompson 's views became known in mid-afternoon the market collapsed — with the index swinging from a 14.2-point gain to close 28.2 points down at 2,218.8 . |
| 5 | Those troubles — referred to as the ‘ Irish Rebellion ’ — were overcome only by violent methods used by the ‘ Black and Tans ’ , plus some restless ex-soldiers , known as the ‘ Auxiliaries ’ , and when the facts of those violent methods became known to the British public , they were declared unacceptable — despite the outrages which Sinn Fein had instituted in London and the bombings in Belfast . |
| 6 | On the other hand , he said ID cards were ridiculous and confirmed what fans had known for years that they were ill- treated by uncaring clubs who were allowing grounds to fall into disrepair . |
| 7 | This autobiography has nothing to say of courtship , but that , as Dr Vincent has suggested , could well be because working-class autobiographers did not judge it a subject their readers wanted to know about , and many of them in any case lacked the command of an emotional language to describe their feelings . |
| 8 | But the movement he created survived him , and its adherents became known as Zealots . |
| 9 | Even the directors had known of the trick . |
| 10 | As the official investigation got under way , there were allegations that senior US officials had known for some time of BNL 's dealings with Iraq . |
| 11 | Some prison officers became known as ‘ overtime bandits ’ for working as much overtime as possible , sometimes working as many as 60 or 65 hours per week . |
| 12 | Certainly , however , if the owners had known of the secret intention , they would not have consented . |
| 13 | Clerics became known as ‘ men of the cloth ’ because many types of cloth and weave were once kept strictly for ecclesiastical vestments . |
| 14 | Doctors had known for 50 years about an enzyme that could dissolve the ligament without cutting . |
| 15 | But even if that is held to be culpable ignorance , it can not be assumed that if the voters did know of those plans or intentions they approved of them . |
| 16 | Foresters had known of such things before . |
| 17 | Because the market women became known for their opposition to the regime , the larger markets were heavily infiltrated by members of the security forces . |
| 18 | He left notes after the killings signing himself ‘ Son-of-Sam , ’ so that the killings became known as the ‘ Son-of-Sam ’ murders . |
| 19 | They all had a paper the Evening News , the Standard , the Star , the Sporting Life ah all the papers wanted to know about the horses . |
| 20 | We thought that if women wanted to know about separatism they could read this , and then leave us in peace . |
| 21 | When the facts became known through contact established with the Curator of the New Mills Heritage Centre , some action was taken and all Mackie Memorial Library books that could be found in local bookshops were bought back by the Derbyshire authorities . |
| 22 | The Necropolis , Ramshorn , Gorbals , and Cathcart burial grounds became known as ‘ Doctor 's Larders ’ , and the citizens of Glasgow went in terror of students and paid ‘ corpse-baggers ’ disturbing their eternal rest . |
| 23 | BBC bosses wanted to know about her love life … and if she had ever posed for sexy photos . |