Example sentences of "and [was/were] [adv] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beginning in the 50s , we became active in a pre-civil rights movement and were later known as a civil rights school . |
| 2 | ‘ Both Winston and Billy were part of the fly-fishing team for Ireland and were well known in both fishing and other sporting circles . |
| 3 | The former are termed ‘ skin disinfectants ’ and were previously known as antiseptics . |
| 4 | These sloping tables were often set into the ground and were then known as buddles , but there were circular convex and concave huddles which were mechanical . |
| 5 | It had to be known by employees to do their jobs and was widely known by relatively junior members of staff . |
| 6 | An important facture painting , ‘ Graue Hunde , drei Streifen ’ by Georg Baselitz ( lot 31 , est. $350–450,000 ) , which London dealer Michael Hue-Williams had acquired from Saatchi several years ago and was widely known in the trade , sold to a telephone bidder for $370,000 ( £205,600 ) . |
| 7 | I had been trying to get a membership list for the Cicero Club , but the only other name I could come up with was George Macready , a scarfaced iceman who had a profitable share of the City 's gambling and was best known for his sword-extruding walking stick . |
| 8 | It was under the protection of the Estates and was also known as the Estates Theatre . |
| 9 | Duke Berthold of Zähringen was now put up as the candidate of the Welfs because he appeared a man of means and was well known for his hostility to the Staufer . |
| 10 | The old general was a traditionalist who believed in the rule of authority , and was well known for his right-wing views . |
| 11 | One member of the caucus was particularly prominent in its activity and was well known as an innovator in the NHS . |
| 12 | He had been brought up in Weatherbury , and was well known as a young soldier with a great interest in girls . |
| 13 | Una Marson , the Jamaican poet , had worked with Orwell , and was well known to West Indian listeners . |
| 14 | My Grandfather accompanied me to all contests and modelling assignments and was well known on the Beauty Queen circuit as ‘ Pop ’ . |
| 15 | His situation was not in this respect dissimilar from that of the leaders of the North of England Sailors and Seagoing Firemen 's Friendly Association , which had been formed at Sunderland in 1879 by John Beresford and was commonly known as the " Sunderland Union " . |
| 16 | Whilst studying at the College , Frank was instrumental in bringing an unconscious man round , and was henceforth known to his fellow-students as ‘ the doctor ’ , and every day thereafter had some ‘ visits ’ to make . |
| 17 | After all SHE was the newcomer , and HE had starred alongside Michael J Fox in Bright Lights , Big City , and was better known in the movie-world . |