Sentence examples for that once entertained from inspiring English sources

It was the longevity of Rhodes's career, and, discursively, Jimmy Anderson reaching 450 Test wickets at Chester-le-Street over the last weekend and becoming the No1 ranked Test bowler, that got me thinking of something that once entertained us for a short while regarding Middlesex.

The deal, valued at $4.83 billion in cash, marks the end of an era for a tech pioneer that once entertained buying Google and Facebook, the titans that ultimately trounced it as the internet matured.

Powered by Abu Dhabi's media hub twofour54, this year's ADFF, as it is called lovingly by insiders, promises a line-up that will at once entertain, instruct and enlighten.

I was under the impression this was going to be handled with kid gloves," says Nickerson, who once entertained hopes that he could make a few million dollars off his keyboard.

This is partly because it's still incongruous for the leader of a party which once entertained the notion that society doesn't exist to wax lyrical about poverty, life chances, and rehabilitation.

The hospitable Elfin there once entertained an old man who preached that Faith could remove mountains, but that they, being soulless, could not have Faith's rewards.

With their violent excesses and winning magic, fairy tales once entertained adults and children together.

She once entertained children for a living but was yearning for a change.

At first, Gould says, he was shocked at having to serve clients he once entertained.

And in one of history's stranger encounters, Mussolini once entertained Mahatma Gandhi at the villa.

It was there that the Italian fashion designer was gunned down by a spree killer in 1997, and where he once entertained Princess Diana and Madonna.