Example sentences of "know [noun prp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
| 2 | But he is a major golf sponsor , and he 's known Jefferson for years . |
| 3 | She had known Nancy for years , of course . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've known Arnie for ages . |
| 5 | Ann Nalson has known Iain for years . |
| 6 | She 'd known Nick for years , meeting him when she 'd come to London to visit her cousin Mark Bristow , Sally 's son . |
| 7 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |