Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] known [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , I 've known for some time that if you want a bit of peace you only have to bore people enough and they 'll leave you to it . ’ |
| 3 | I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance . |
| 4 | And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk . |
| 5 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 6 | For she had known in that instant that this dark-haired man before her was destined to leave his mark on her soul . |
| 7 | The person that is , is head of our unit is , is Carol and she 's known as Principal Policy Co-Ordinator and she report 's directly to the General Manager Der Erm , then we have three teams within the Local Government Unit , we have a Policy Team and I 'm the team leader for the Policy Team and I 'll talk about , I 'll talk about our work later , but it 's just to explain who we are . |
| 8 | We became known at that time as a labour school and still later , we were known as a farmer-labour school . |
| 9 | It will be a very low level of inflation , lower than we have known at any time in recent years , and steady sustainable growth leading to secure jobs , sustaining the Conservative party in government for many years . |
| 10 | The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport . |
| 11 | We have known for some time that this can not have been the case . |
| 12 | ‘ The decision to print elsewhere was a commercial one , for we have known for some time that the quality of our printing of newspapers leaves a lot to be desired , while our commercial printing side is first class . |
| 13 | ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence . |
| 14 | ‘ Poor Tom would have been so very unhappy if he 'd known of this situation , ’ she 'd sniffed while fumbling for a handkerchief . |
| 15 | Of his ex-wife Freddie heard nothing at all , until , in the early summer of 1948 , he encountered a captain , younger than himself , whom he had known at Southern Command and who had relatives living in Scotland . |
| 16 | He had known for some time that it was inevitable . |
| 17 | The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due . |
| 18 | This must be because he did not know any observations of it : Darwin was interested by every possible form of moral behaviour in animals , and if he had known of restrained fighting , he would have written about it . |
| 19 | With the fish , the Archdeacon started on Cathedral heating systems he had known with special reference to the antipodes . |