Example sentences of "been know as a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That was how she had been known as a child when people had contrasted her with her sister Paula .
2 In nearly 3,000 years with this company , I have never been known as a quitter .
3 from Birmingham says hanging upside down has always been known as a cure in the Far East and it does work .
4 Mr Chaskalson has long been known as a human-rights lawyer defending people charged under South Africa 's apartheid and terrorism laws .
5 Samuel Irving — ‘ Si ’ — Newhouse jr , second-generation New York billionaire , had long been known as a collector of modern American art , but his November 1988 purchase of Jasper John 's False Start propelled him into the public consciousness .
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