Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounded so convincing — but then , according to Lisa , Leos were known for their acting abilities . |
| 2 | St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her . |
| 3 | Ambleside was known for its importance in the wool trade before the granting of the Market Charter in 1650 . |
| 4 | In his time Richard D'Oyly Carte was known for opulent and daring productions of all kinds . |
| 5 | Milner was known for his charm and the ease with which he made friends . |
| 6 | Before she died tragically in 1977 , Ree Morton was known for her elaborate decorative tableaux , often involving a kind of stiffened fabric called ‘ celastic ’ . |
| 7 | Despite her lauding of other Victorian virtues , Mrs Thatcher was known for her un-Victorian dislike of rail travel and was typical of those of her rising generation in placing a car high on her list of social desiderata and symbols of prosperity . |
| 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 | Kendal was known for ermines , coatings , duffel , blankets and much more , including a prosperous stocking trade . |