Sentence examples for there were known from inspiring English sources

Then again, back in the 1970s, when we lived near Lewes in Sussex, I learned that the alleyways there were known as twittens.

The table games there were known for having lower limits than most other Biloxi casinos.

The executives there were known as "the smartest guys in the room" yet they managed to do some remarkably stupid -- and illegal -- things.

There were known gang activities, but small scale.

In the mid-1990s, there were known to be around 30 conflicts in which children were fighting.

"There was significant betting but the market for data was unregulated, unofficial and there were known instances of scouts being involved in corrupt activity.

It was:there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.

(c) "There are known knowns.

In other words: There are known knowns — there are things we know we know.

There are known knowns, there are things we know we know.

"As the great teacher Donald Rumsfeld once said, 'There are known knowns; there are things that we know that we know.