Example sentences of "who [vb past] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of people seem to refer to Jesus as a good man who lived a long time ago ; a man who taught about God and who became ‘ Son of God ’ by his resurrection . |
| 2 | ‘ It does n't matter — just someone who lived a long time ago — best forgotten . ’ |
| 3 | The priests of the old deities had emerged from the desert or from hiding in neglected provincial cities in Shemau and To-mehu , and established themselves again , without difficulty , the people grateful to have the old gods returned to them , who demanded no more than unquestioning duty , propitiation and sacrifice ; gods who did not require a man to think for himself ; gods who forgave sin if the price was right , and who guaranteed a good time in the Hereafter . |
| 4 | Toby ( 4.5 ) had been playing with blocks , but then wandered away and the blocks were put away by two other boys , who spent a long time carefully fitting the different sizes of blocks into the two boxes . |
| 5 | Then he relaxes into a sorrowful smile , like when you remember someone you loved who died a long time ago . |
| 6 | THE majority community is sick and tired of hearing how a nationalist area was saturated with the security forces who departed a short time before loyalist paramilitaries entered to commit murder . |
| 7 | It seemed to be run for the benefit of chaps who wanted a good time — not chaps who wanted to re-create their public schools . |