Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] know for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ted Power , a fine collector , whom I had known for years and who had seen odd paintings in mixed shows wanted to buy something . |
| 2 | on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've known for ages there was something going on . |
| 4 | Some of them are sons of friends I 've known for years . |
| 5 | People I 've known for years . |
| 6 | I 've known for years that I 'm as good a guest at a dinner party as I am a lousy host . |
| 7 | I 've known for months that … that what I feel for you is special , very special . |
| 8 | The said partnership is for economic strategy planning and they have current consultancy projects in what was the USSR , and the one of the three I have known for years , as he shared a Lothian Regional council office with our former upstairs neighbour , lovely now in lake district is off to Moscow next Monday and then to another city ( ? sp ) six thousand miles east of Moscow ! |
| 9 | Surely there was no harm in this , just sitting here in her car with David Markham , a man whom after all , she 'd known for years . |
| 10 | On this first video , Mr Colbeck guides you gently through the workings of an array of popular home studio gear ( including the Fostex X28 four-track cassette recorder and the Alesis Quadraverb ) with the friendly manner of a family doctor you 've known for years . |
| 11 | You 've known for years he was devious , and he 'd never actually fallen over himself to be nice to you , had he ? |
| 12 | But lay people can also make good directors — perhaps someone you have known for years , or , say , your house group leader . |
| 13 | No she does n't , it 's things that she 's known for years . |
| 14 | We have known for years that there are many wrecks which could be of historical value , telling us about the way in which vessels were constructed and , from their contents , about how ordinary people lived in times past . |
| 15 | They 'd known for weeks and stayed by me , anxious when I was out of sight , whining in the daytime when they never used to . |
| 16 | People let their guard slip when they 're travelling ; they 'll tell you things they would n't say to a neighbour they 've known for years . |
| 17 | Anne Nielson was an extraordinary woman , as he had known for years . |
| 18 | He realized afterwards that he had known for years , that there were a hundred fine details that he had chosen to ignore about her behaviour , her phone conversations , the times of her comings and goings . |
| 19 | but this chap he 's known for years |