Example sentences of "and [was/were] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And men who turned towards the light and were known of the light Invented the Higher Religions ; and the Higher Religions were good |
| 2 | The school established in East Looe , whose boys were dressed by a charitable fund in light blue coats and caps and were known as ‘ blue boys ’ , also was dissolved early in the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | These meetings were well attended and were known as conventicles . |
| 4 | These large organizations combined industrial , financial and trading activities around a central holding company and were known as zaibatsu . |
| 5 | Like Dorothy , Helen and Edward used swabs of mouldering grey stockinette ; they festered by the sink and were known as dead rabbits . |
| 6 | With the proven success of Alert , five more Trackers were launched over the following two years , the last four of these were slightly modified to provide more accommodation aft and were known as Mark II's . |
| 7 | Vera Loomis , the ninety-two-year-old who lived at number 92 and was known for some reason as Got All the Things There Then ? had offered plum wine or home-brewed lager and Susan Doyle , who was reported to watch News at Ten while her husband pleasured her , had suggested lemonade shandy . |
| 8 | Son of cartoonist William Heath Robinson , Dom Basil was one of the pioneers of the pottery at Prinknash Abbey , Gloucestershire and was known for his work in sculpture and stained glass . |
| 9 | He was a keen golfer and was known for his interest in the Stock Exchange . |
| 10 | Immensely learned about all aspects of modern Irish life , she knew almost everybody and was known to them . |
| 11 | A speaker who asked questions expecting the answer ‘ True ’ sometimes incorporated an elaborated irony by which he attacked the revolution for its failure to uphold principles and policies to which he was , and was known to be , utterly opposed . |
| 12 | Of the two doctors it was undoubtedly Dr Dunstaple who had the largest number of adherents ; he had been the civil surgeon in Krishnapur for some years and was known to everyone as a kindly and paternal man . |
| 13 | This was despite the fact that one of the claimants , John Zápolya , who was crowned King of Hungary in 1514 , was of Slavonian origin and was known to the Magyars as the Slav King . |
| 14 | He had rheumatism and was known to be a bit quick ; tempered and impatient , but even Mother remarked how surprised she was at his skill and patience when it came to doctoring animals . |
| 15 | Socially , he was not regarded as a model of refinement , and was known to his Durham constituents as ‘ Bonnie Geordie ’ . |
| 16 | He became deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs after 1975 , and was known as ‘ Brother Number Two ’ . |
| 17 | This scabious was the first one to reach Britain from Italy in the early seventeenth century , and was known as ‘ The Mournful Widow ’ . |
| 18 | The rock marking the crossing point is on the land of Knockmurran Farm , Coylton and was known as ‘ the king 's step ’ until the early years of this century . |
| 19 | She had kept students for seven years now , and was known as one of the university 's favoured landladies . |
| 20 | The King 's Regiment was raised on 19 June 1685 by Robert , Lord Ferrars of Chartley , and was known as Princess Anne of Denmark 's Regiment of Foot . |
| 21 | Ellis Island lies off the tip of Manhattan , almost adjacent to the Statue of Liberty , and was known as the ‘ Gateway to Americas ’ — the land of fortune and freedom . |
| 22 | The Winston Cup series was started in 1949 and was known as the Grand National series . |
| 23 | Proctor and Gamble had 60,000 employees and was known as a firm that almost never laid people off . |
| 24 | Scalfaro had succeeded was Interior Minister in 1983-87 , and was known as a committed Catholic and anti-communist . |
| 25 | Had a sexual history been taken at the time of his first visit , it would have emerged that , although he had a long-lasting and stable sexual relationship with one person , his partner was of a promiscuous nature and was known by Philip H. to have had several casual sexual encounters over the preceding year . |
| 26 | Throughout its life , the depot was associated with the Fleetwood route , and was known by the employees as ‘ The Other Firm ’ . |
| 27 | Another who will be remembered by the older generation was Albert Bachelor , who employed a great many of the local men on his cement factory and was known by all as " Spot " Bachelor . |
| 28 | Each house was run by a senior master and was known by his name . |
| 29 | This could be heard approaching from some distance off , owing to its lack of an exhaust pipe , and was known around the camp as the Green Devil because it had , once upon a time , been that colour all over , instead of just in places as now . |
| 30 | He was one of the smallest players in the game and was known throughout his career as ‘ The Mighty Atom ’ , a tribute to his size , speed and dexterity . |