Example sentences of "it [vb past] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was intended to represent the concept of a tram in 2937 , but its unfortunate shape resembled more closely a cottage-loaf , by which it became known to the crews . |
| 2 | Then it spread to Australia , where it became known as kangaroo paw ! |
| 3 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |
| 4 | July 1749 , Hogarth acquired the Copyhold of a red brick villa , of the Queen Anne style , with a garden of about a quarter of an acre containing an old mulberry tree , not far from Chiswick House , and it became known as Hogarth House , and the lane by which it was approached became known as Hogarth Lane — now part of the Great West Road Extension ( A4 ) into central London . |
| 5 | During the first part of the 20th century , because of its proximity to Nailsworth Station , it became known as Station Mill , although it was still referred to locally by its old name . |
| 6 | For a time it became known as the Old Mill , and later Mill House . |
| 7 | It became known as the Astral Works in 1887 , and was used for the generation of electricity . |
| 8 | Neither he nor Charlotte had intended to stay there long , But they continued renting the house for fourteen years , and after the First World War they bought it — after which it became known as Shaw 's Corner . |
| 9 | It became known as ‘ Bristol Byzantine ’ because of the ogee arches commonly used over windows . |
| 10 | Since 1980 a proposal has been under discussion for a Directive which could require companies to introduce procedures for informing and consulting employees ; it became known as the ‘ Vredeling Directive ’ . |
| 11 | Later as the home of the local prison warder it became known as ‘ the cage ’ . |
| 12 | It became known as the Pleven Plan , named after the French premier , René Pleven , who took an outline drafted by his earlier mentor , Jean Monnet , and laid it before the French Parliament on 24 October 1950 . |
| 13 | In 1983 it became known as CARE ( Christian Action Research and Education ) . |
| 14 | It became known as ‘ the power-politics model ’ , because of its stress on the power-political situation of a state as the central determinant of its interests . |
| 15 | A deliberate attempt was made in 1966 to make assistance known and acceptable , when it became known as supplementary benefits . |
| 16 | If the hole contained three items it became known as a pur-3 , four items a pur-4 , and so on . |
| 17 | In 1886 he became headmaster and in 1895 moved the school into premises designed by his father in Bardwell Road , where it became known as the ‘ Dragon School ’ , starting the long Lynam tradition which continued with his brother ‘ Hum ’ and nephew ‘ Joc ’ . |
| 18 | Robert Garrard joined it in 1780 , followed by three sons : it became known as Garrard , the Crown jewellers . |
| 19 | After a reference by Dr Robert Chalmers to ‘ the innocence of the railway ’ because of its pastoral and innocent appearance in comparison with the more sophisticated railways using steam locomotives where any accidents were likely to be severe , it became known as the ‘ Innocent ’ Railway . |
| 20 | In due course it became known as Thriddle , or Bouncy Shaft . |
| 21 | It became known as the Matthews final . |
| 22 | After a time it became known in other faculties that this was rather a special lecturer and people reading classics or history or the sciences took the trouble to go over to Ramsey 's lectures and swell his class . |
| 23 | Well I have to say that much of the impact of this story depends upon your being able to see and think of Boy as beautiful , admirable and even adorable in the true senses of those difficult and dangerous but nonetheless precious and necessary words ; I suggest therefore that you amend my descriptions of Boy and his lover — but I anticipate myself , that was not to be for several weeks yet ; that ‘ Great Romance of Our Times ’ , as it became known amongst us , had not yet begun , its theme tune had not yet been composed on Gary 's piano , its scenario was not yet subject of our daily gossip and speculation , we were not yet auditioning for a place in the credits — The Friend , The Admirer , Blonde Man in Bar , Second Guest at Dinner Party . |
| 24 | The White House admitted it had known of the plot for days and had not discouraged the rebels . |
| 25 | As the DTI had failed to act when it had known of irregularities within the firm , did not the Government have a moral obligation towards the dupes ? |
| 26 | The smaller British fund had been licensed to operate by the DTI since 1985 and it had known about the business as far back as 1975 . |