Example sentences of "it [was/were] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It were known as Park . |
| 2 | All these transactions were secret , for there would be little use in keeping a paper alive if it were known to be owned by a political party . |
| 3 | It was known on what path he would be returning — or at least , according to what he had led us all to believe . |
| 4 | I did n't think it was known on Earth , not yet … |
| 5 | By contrast Engels 's position was that the family , as it was known in his time , had not always existed in that form , that marriage as it was known at that time had also not always existed . |
| 6 | It was known at first as a subway , a name thought of as an American term for an underground system , but later on was named the City and South London Railway and became the first tube railway in the world . |
| 7 | It was known at Cadogan 's that she had once fallen from a horse while out hunting and had broken her collarbone , but continued to follow the hounds for the rest of the day until she collapsed as they ran the fox to earth . |
| 8 | It was known at the time that there was going to be opposition to them and it was an absolute recipe for debate after debate , council meeting after council meeting , committee meeting after committee meeting . |
| 9 | Sentences could require in excess of 9 hours for a result ( or crash ) during which time it was known for the system to refuse logins to other users due to insufficient swap space . |
| 10 | ( This is not the present ladies ' room but is believed to have been on the first floor of the main clubhouse where it was known to be in the 1940 's at least ) . |
| 11 | The overall loss of reading time , and even the loss of the reading habit as it was known to earlier generations , should not be underestimated . |
| 12 | It was known to Paracelsus in the fifteenth century , it can be found in the fourth century BC in Hippocratic writings and is one of the principles of treatment in Ayurvedic Medicine which was written down over 5000 years ago . |
| 13 | Then he adds with sudden confidence , ‘ It was known to men that the demon-enemy could not draw them under shadow ( under sceadu bregdan ) , as long as God did not wish it . ’ |
| 14 | Wilkie said it was known to psychologists that certain colours had certain psychological effects : red , and also orange and yellow increase muscular tension and the flow of adrenalin : blue and green slow the heartbeat , lower the temperature . |
| 15 | I understand that another television programme , dealing directly with what the Home Secretary chose not to reveal although it was known to him , is to be broadcast on Thursday . |
| 16 | It was known to Charles too , for in 832 he had been installed as king there , briefly , at Limoges . |
| 17 | Illustrated in a multitude of colourful paint schemes are the Super Sabre , Voodoo , Delta Dagger ( or Duce as it was known to its crews ) , Starfighter , Thunderchief and Delta Dart . |
| 18 | For a long time it was known as Benjamins Mill , a name occasionally used today . |
| 19 | Before this it was known as Cunes Mill . |
| 20 | It was known as Kytes Mill . |
| 21 | In the barn alongside , sheep were salved and it was known as the ‘ salving barn ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ So gummy that you could throw it against a wall and it would stick , ’ It was known as ska , blue beat or rocksteady , and collectively as reggae . |
| 23 | It was known as OD(SA) — Oversea and Defence ( South Atlantic ) . |
| 24 | It was known as the ‘ butter mountain ’ . |
| 25 | In fact , it was known as the ‘ Premier Line ’ , with an authorised capital of £124m it claimed to be ‘ the biggest joint stock corporation in the world ’ . |
| 26 | In the Tennant family it was known as the ‘ Auld Nick ’ or ‘ Clootie ’ horn , the former being another name for the devil , and the latter being a familiar Scottish name for a cow or bullock . |
| 27 | The smallest breed is one that has only recently arrived from Singapore , where it was known as the ‘ drain cat ’ . |
| 28 | In those days , it was known as the Girl Horse Rangers , later changing to Horse Rangers of the Commonwealth before finally becoming the Horse Rangers Association in 1972 . |
| 29 | The foundations of the Whitbread Hop Farm have been traced as far back as 1836 , when it was known as Beltring Farm . |
| 30 | It was known as the Day of the Dead . |