Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leeds meanwhile he interested himself in educational ventures and became widely known for public service . |
| 2 | After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt . |
| 3 | One who had arrived there as the convulsions started was Charlton Heston who achieved almost instant stardom and became especially known for his appearances in the biblical epics . |
| 4 | Unfortunately there have been presenters who became better known for hitting the headlines than their ability to turn washing up bottles into handy household objects . |
| 5 | The tsarist threat receded in 1867 , when Russia sold Alaska to the United States , and the doctrine subsequently became better known for its challenge to the perceived intention of the European Holy Alliance to help Spain reconquer its former colonies . |
| 6 | But he 'd never known for certain and still did n't know now . |
| 7 | Morley became well known for its music ( Sir Michael Tippett ) , its theatre and ballet ( Rupert Doone ) , and its art ( Eric Ravilious , q.v. , and Edward Bawden ) . |
| 8 | She thought that her father probably now earned more than £100,000 a year , but she did not know for sure because it was nine years since she had last visited him , four years since she had last received a Christmas card from him . |
| 9 | What the precise purpose was of installing complex electronics in an old sailing vessel he did not know for sure , and Iain did not press him . |
| 10 | She knew , although she did not know for quite how long , she had been running aimlessly . |
| 11 | Ages recorded on death certificates ( and to a lesser extent on marriage certificates ) were not always accurate because the informant did not know for sure . |
| 12 | Left staring at him while waiting for her full wits to return , Leith did not know for the moment what on earth was going on . |
| 13 | O stared , he did n't know for how long , at him and his outstretched hand , wondering whether to gasp it , fill it with change , or knock it away ; and then he looked up , because he heard his train coming and also because he felt the hot wind on his face . |
| 14 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 15 | Grey you could say they were dark , if you did n't know for definite you could say they were dark trousers . |
| 16 | She still did n't know for sure if Chris had been murdered . |
| 17 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 18 | FitzAlan might suspect that something had happened between them , but he did n't know for sure . |
| 19 | That Mr er did live at the flat erm with his wife , there may have been children but we did n't know for certain and that the previous night two male persons appeared to have been there . |
| 20 | ‘ We knew the dangers and my husband Sammy and son Neil did n't know for sure we would come back . |
| 21 | It was a word that Masklin had only known for a year . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Rhoda he had also known for some time . |
| 24 | He had spoken in the voice of the army officer he had once been , expecting instant obedience , showing McAllister a man far removed from the one she had now known for over two months . |
| 25 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 26 | If she had n't known for a fact that he liked nothing about her she might have mistaken that note in his voice for admiration . |
| 27 | For all at once she could feel sweeping in on her a sense of utter desolation , the like of which she had n't known for years . |