Example sentences of "who [vb past] a long [noun sg] " 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 | Mr Harley , who made a long statement to me at the time , would doubtless have indicated if the Bawdsey site was ever raided from the sea . |
| 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 | Instead he became a national hero who enjoyed a long life … and who died with dignity . |
| 6 | Then he relaxes into a sorrowful smile , like when you remember someone you loved who died a long time ago . |
| 7 | Candy , who had a long history of violence , reported that , while he was in Reading on 22 June , an Italian named Mike , whom he knew slightly , approached him and suggested that they rob a shopkeeper in the town . |
| 8 | He managed to attract to the new Achimota college a remarkable principal , Alek Fraser , who had a long record of educating the leaders of society in Ceylon . |
| 9 | The first programme we watched after it was installed was one my father would have loved , about old sailing-ships and the life of our ancestor , the poet-sailor William Falconer , who wrote a long poem , The Shipwreck , which was popular in its day . |