Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [was/were] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicknames are a favourite pastime with small boys and so during the next four years and one term I was known to my school mates as ‘ Pavement ’ . |
| 2 | We erm , we had n't got a lot of room for expansion down there , we were in , when I joined the department it was known as the Ipswich T Electric Supply and Transport Department and er we were in some buildings which were rented from the Electric Supply Department which housed the generators for the electricity , so we had n't got a lot of room for expansion there , I think we were all confined into about three offices . |
| 3 | While at Trelawne he was known as a jovial fellow who drank more wine than was customary among the clergy , but was not without a vicious temper and a rough tongue . |
| 4 | Along with Defence Secretary Dick Cheney he was known as one of the administration 's leading pessimists concerning the political future of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev . |
| 5 | In Scotland she was known for her " push " , her ability to spark off ideas in those with a similar mental agility , her determination to get things done . |
| 6 | In Albania she was known as the queen of the mountaineers , and streets there have remained named after her through all changes of regime . |
| 7 | In those days I was known as ‘ Horse ’ because it was said that I galloped , so the cries from team-mates Mike Powell and Ossie Cham were ‘ Come on , Horse ! ’ |
| 8 | On the Isle of Man they were known as Hogmen and tended to be far more aggressive , kidnapping women and children and setting fire to barns . |
| 9 | At this period it was known as Upper Hailing Place and was the residence of the Rev. James Formby . |
| 10 | Throughout her career she was known for her powerful and abrasive manner : what Beatrice Webb described as her ‘ shrewd and capable but contentious ’ style , her ‘ insolently critical attitude towards all persons and institutions ’ , and her ‘ sharp satirical tongue ’ . |
| 11 | Coming from upper Egypt he was known as saidi , and as such seen by his countrymen in lower Egypt as a proud , rather prickly personality , with a strong sense of his own dignity : qualities which were inherited by his son . |
| 12 | Its main interest lay in the reconstruction of the historical evolution of the Indo-European languages which , perhaps because in Germany they were known as ‘ Indo-German ’ , attracted national , if not nationalist , attention in that country . |
| 13 | The Muslim leader was Al-Malik al-Nasir Salah ed-Din Yusuf ; in the West he was known as Saladin . |
| 14 | In pre-revolution times it was known as Tsarskoye Selo , which is ‘ Royal Village ’ in Russian . |
| 15 | In the first century A.D. Pliny wrote that it was discovered in Spain in the previous century , where it was used to spice drinks , and in England in mediaeval times it was known as " sops-in-wine " , being mixed with wine and ale as a substitute for the costly cloves from the Far East . |
| 16 | In a variety of forms it was known in ancient times . |
| 17 | He was a good deal younger than Mary Adelaide Flock , and probably a lot younger still than the late Ted Mosse , but a limp suggested rheumatism and the reason he was known to the chemist . |
| 18 | Simone 's eyes were sparkling , and Alyssia said frigidly , ‘ I had no idea you were known in this part of the world . ’ |
| 19 | In some places in Kent he was known as a Borsholder , and was elected by the parish , in most cases reluctantly . |
| 20 | I trained under Nurse Gatenby and at the time we were known as the Gatenby girls . |
| 21 | There was speculation that Soviet concern could extend to the possibility of missile attacks launched from any of the republics they were known to be located . |
| 22 | Sentences could require in excess of 9 hours for a result ( or crash ) during which time it was known for the system to refuse logins to other users due to insufficient swap space . |
| 23 | For a long time it was known as Benjamins Mill , a name occasionally used today . |
| 24 | He won his first Scottish cap in 1965 against Spain by which time he was known as ‘ the prince of nigglers ’ , and one of the most unruly players in the professional game . |
| 25 | During the coroner 's examination , he noted the ‘ constellation of keratoid scars ’ on the broken chest : mementoes of the time he was known as the Human Ashtray . |
| 26 | In the Tennant family it was known as the ‘ Auld Nick ’ or ‘ Clootie ’ horn , the former being another name for the devil , and the latter being a familiar Scottish name for a cow or bullock . |