Example sentences of "[verb] know [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 K has literally just rung over the moon that I had fixed this as her mother is very fond of David and has known him for years — and it is fitting that widow of first Prof of CEGS ( as above ) be included — her dad built up the department enormously and I knew him through European seminars etc via Law Society with and others including who is a Heriot Row neighbour .
2 ‘ I thought you 'd known them for years .
3 You 've known me for yonks . ’
4 As a matter of fact the Tates are friends ; after all I 've known them for years . ’
5 ‘ Partly because I 've known him for years .
6 ‘ I 've known him for years .
7 I 've known him for years .
8 I 've known him for years . ’
9 I 've known him for years . ’
10 ‘ You 've known him for years … we 've even spent Christmas with his family ! ’
11 I 've known you for years .
12 I do n't know why , but I feel I 've known you for years . ’
13 He was a very easy person to talk to , and long before they reached home she felt as if she had known him for years .
14 Giancarlo took her arm courteously as if he had known her for years , and , followed by his guests , led her out of the sun on the terrace and into the shade at the side of the house .
15 It was true , it was true , it was true : secretly , instinctively , she had known it for weeks .
16 And yet they were writing about the same place , and both of them knew it intimately , and had known it for years .
17 We have known her for years . ’
18 Ask many who have known him for years , and they will say that he looks most comfortable at his annual visit to the Renaissance Weekend at Hilton Head Island over the New Year holiday .
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