Example sentences of "have known for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although retired , Trevor continues to take an interest in the Stoddard Group as an agent for Lyles , keeping in touch with those he has known for many years .
2 The French high command must also have known for some time , but hushed it up no doubt . ’
3 ‘ Yes , I 've known for some time that if you want a bit of peace you only have to bore people enough and they 'll leave you to it . ’
4 The Special Branch had known for some weeks that he was in Germany .
5 He had known for some time that it was inevitable .
6 The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due .
7 Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform .
8 And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk .
9 ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life .
10 As the official investigation got under way , there were allegations that senior US officials had known for some time of BNL 's dealings with Iraq .
11 A few minutes later we were seated at a corner table in the small bistro which I had known for several years .
12 She was a woman he had known for several years now ; one with whom he had never slept ; one who half repelled , and ever half attracted him .
13 I have known for many years , through long observation , that truth IS stranger than fiction .
14 Further study is necessarily being completed ; but the evidence of linkage between the simultaneous appearance of climatic phenomena in Kansas , Chad , Bihar and in the south — eastern Pacific Ocean suggests what all geographers have known for many years — that the globe works as one complete system , one vast interactive machine , and that the divisions man has forced upon it are no more than crudely artificial devices for our own intellectual convenience .
15 I am sure that my hon. and gallant Friend , whom I have known for many years and for whom I have a great affection , would agree that about half the best people are women .
16 He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity .
17 John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering .
18 Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction .
19 I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance .
20 The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport .
21 People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open .
22 We have known for some time that this can not have been the case .
23 The move has been criticized by environmental organizations , which argue that the cars could be fitted with a converter because the cost , around £300 per car , is not prohibitive and that in any case manufacturers have known for some time when the law would come into effect .
24 ‘ The decision to print elsewhere was a commercial one , for we have known for some time that the quality of our printing of newspapers leaves a lot to be desired , while our commercial printing side is first class .
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