Example sentences of "have 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 . |