Example sentences of "have known [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Novelist Graham Roos , 26 , who has known Antonia for eight years , said : ‘ She comes from a cosmopolitan background and she is quite sophisticated . |
| 2 | Janet Bush said : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 3 | She told the court : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 4 | Janet Bush said : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 5 | She told the court : ‘ I 'd known Paula for many years . |
| 6 | Erm I 've known John for many years . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've known Billy for many years . |
| 8 | Sami 's cousin and business associate , Jamal Hamadan , had known Younis for six years . |
| 9 | Angela Jones , 26 , of the same address , said she had known Michael for eight years and they had lived together for seven . |
| 10 | I had known Katharine for many years , and , in common with other members of the Kingman Committee , I had been impressed by her presentation when she appeared before us to answer questions . |
| 11 | I had known Bruce for some years as he often ministered to friends , and on two or three occasions when he had laid his hands on my back , the heat emanating from them was like a blowtorch . |
| 12 | I have known Trevor for many years and he is a mass of seething hate before breakfast most days , so I could smell the revenge in him even above ‘ Jock ’ McDougall 's armpits before we left the changing room this afternoon . |
| 13 | ‘ I have known Hankin for many years . |