Example sentences of "know [pron] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must need to know it for other reasons . |
| 2 | ‘ This is a young side and I 've known them for four years and watched them mature and get stronger . |
| 3 | Actually Edward 's known me for ten years , but there we are . |
| 4 | She and Sheila had had disagreements before — not really surprising when you 'd known someone for twelve years , since the first day they had peered at the college noticeboard together . |
| 5 | He said , ’ Walker , I 've now known you for four years , and this is the first intelligent thing that you have done . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've known you for some years now . |
| 7 | Hagans said he 'd known her for two years and they 'd met by appointment . |
| 8 | But erm , that 's Linda , and er , as I say I 've known her for seven years , you can have a bit of fun , she can take a joke , she 's got a good sense of humour , and nice to work with , and she 's nice to work with . |
| 9 | I mean , and she really known him for six months you know ? |
| 10 | She had known him for many years . |
| 11 | Does the Minister accept that although some of us may have a disagreement with Bruce Millan , we have known him for many years and we know that he has always been , and is , punctilious in the exercise of his duties ? |
| 12 | But even if we 've known him for many years , if we 're committed Christians , if we 've been followers of Jesus , there are occasions , there are times in our life when there is turmoil and there is unrest and if we allow him to se , to take control he is able to bring peace . |
| 13 | Having known him for many months in Vancouver , and relishing his word-pictures of Yukon characters like ‘ dangerous Dan McGrew ’ and ‘ the lady known as Lou ’ , I tried to see in Service 's eyes the modern Yukon nearly half a century after the gold rush . |
| 14 | Jon is a ‘ New Age Traveller ’ and I have known him for two years . |
| 15 | His friend Razumikhin , a truthful witness , has known him for eighteen months . |
| 16 | I 've known him for thirty years , nothing surprises me with him . |
| 17 | I 've known him for seven years . |
| 18 | He 'd never known anyone for touching things like Lee . |
| 19 | But Mum knew them for crafty rogues and she had n't forgotten the coal . |
| 20 | She had not yet even recognised what it was , but she knew it for better worth than she had ever yet been given . |