Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [be] 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 | On the other side of the world they 're called the fair maids of February , but on this side they 're known as the sweet maids of September . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | No wonder it 's known as ‘ the garden in the Atlantic ’ . |
| 5 | We all called him ‘ Mol ’ abbreviating his name as students always do ; and throughout the diocese he is known by all his brother priests as simply ‘ Mol ’ ; and now I gather that his parishioners call him Fr Mol . |
| 6 | Throughout the universe it 's known as ‘ Dream B ’ . |
| 7 | At this period it was known as Upper Hailing Place and was the residence of the Rev. James Formby . |
| 8 | Among the Dark Elves of Naggaroth he is known as the Reaper , to the Goblins of Red-Axe Pass he is Orcbane , and to the north the Norse know him as Mankiller . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | A variety of formulations is available usually consisting of hydrochloric acid which provides the aggressive reactive power and phosphoric which reduces the corrosiveness of the mix , in which role it is known as a corrosion inhibitor . |
| 11 | In the male , the equivalent chromosome may be of the same type — an X chromosome — or it may be roughly the shape of the letter Y , in which case it is known as a Y chromosome . |
| 12 | If the primary lesion occurs on the sole of the foot it is known as a ‘ crab-yaw ’ because of the gait it induces . |
| 13 | In the Near East they are known as tells , such as this one being excavated at Tell Akko ( Acre ) in Israel . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Simone 's eyes were sparkling , and Alyssia said frigidly , ‘ I had no idea you were known in this part of the world . ’ |
| 16 | When the package is released as a product in this way it is known as an Issue of the software . |
| 17 | Throughout his country he is known as the ‘ Professor with the smile ’ , and when he returns to his village in central Vietnam , children follow him like the Pied Piper and call him ‘ Uncle Vo ’ . |
| 18 | I trained under Nurse Gatenby and at the time we were known as the Gatenby girls . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | For a long time it was known as Benjamins Mill , a name occasionally used today . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |