Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [was/were] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henceforth he was known in Irish nationalist circles as ‘ Major John MacBride ’ . |
| 2 | Collectively they were known as Sen . |
| 3 | Arguably he was known to Londoners less for his medical expertise than for his incredible eccentricity , which was exaggerated by a long beard , a predilection for extraordinary costume and his habit of riding about in the streets and Hyde Park on a white pony , which he sometimes painted all purple or , when the mood took him , purple with black spots . |
| 4 | Sometimes it was known as the Char because of its sign — a crude but unmistakable painting of that fish found only in the deepest lakes — Buttermere being one — and already considered a fashionable delicacy in London . |
| 5 | When she bent over Sarah there was no sign of sympathy , yet she was known for her kindness . |