Example sentences of "[conj] he was [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers .
2 Lord declares that he was unaware that a contract had actually been signed with Harris — though he knew Harris was keen to write the biography — at the point when he wrote his own outline .
3 A letter card came from France , but it told them little except that he was well and a letter followed .
4 That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about !
5 Mr Donovan , 23 , Australian star of the West End hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , brought the action after the magazine published a doctored photograph and article which , he claimed , implied that he was homosexual and a liar and hypocrite for denying it .
6 And he was cleverer than a bag of monkeys , as his mother used to say , and would outwit them all .
7 When Philip Jessup visited MacArthur in January 1950 the general stated that the Soviet Union should perceive the advantages to be derived from a Japanese treaty and he was sure that a diplomat like Jacob Malik would appreciate the position .
8 But he was angry that a man of Pyle 's eminence in the bank could be ripping off client money for his own enrichment .
9 Jesus had had many interviews with people , we 've looked at some of them over these past few weeks , the time when he met with Nicademus , the religious leader , the time he went out of his way to meet with a woman of Semaria in her dyer need , the other occasion that we looked at er a week or so back when he called Anzakias from that tree of which he was hiding , last week his judge , pilot , but of all those interviews and as many others that we have n't looked at this surely must be one of the strangest as Jesus himself is in the process of dying and as he is dying he is confronted with another person who has a need , but Jesus your need is as greatest as any body elses , your pain , your suffering , your physical suffering was every bit of great as those around you , why be bothered with others is n't that so often our story , when we are in need we can forget all about other people , it does n't matter there need , its poor me , what about me , what about my need , what about my requirements , what about my suffering , but we see here how Jesus apart from any thing else deals with his own suffering , he deals with it by ministering to the needs of other people , and this surely then must be one of the most strange and one of the most interviews that our lord ever had when he was here on earth , with this dying thief , but he was more than a thief he was a er , he was a re a rebel , he was a terrorist or a freedom fighter depending on which way you wanted to look at it and he was dying for his crimes and he was n't alone because there there was this man we 've been talking about , there was Jesus and there was another one , another criminal on the other side and we find that this is all in keeping with what god had promised , all there in , in line with his prophecy way back in Iziah chapter fifty three , it tells us that he was numbered with the transgressors , that he died with sinful men with , with law breakers and here it is its happening right in front of the , the very eyes of the Jewish leaders and the jewish authorities our lords intention in coming into the world was to save men and women , to seek out and to save sinners , remember thirty odd years previous to this event the word had come , for Mary his mother , to Joseph , we will call his name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins and later on writing to Timothy the apostle Paul in the first chapter of the first book in verse fifteen he says it is a trust worthy statement deserving full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners , this was his purpose , this was his reason for coming into the world , not to be a good man , not to be a , a great leader , not to give us some model that we can , you know , that we can plan our life out and try and live up to his standards , he says I 've come to give my life as a ransom , I have come to save and to seek that which was lost and here in this incident as he himself is dying and is in physical pain and torment he is carrying out this very work , of seeking out and saving of those who will turn to him , those who will put their trust in him , he is saving the lost , and we see in a wonderful how great the compassion of Jesus was and is , in reaching out and rescuing those who are lost , here we see our lord suffering the most terrible agony and yet in the midst of his own sorrow and pain and , and torment he thinks of this dying thief and extends his grace and mercy to him .
10 But he was more than a thief , he was a , he was a re , he was a rebel , he was a terrorist or a freedom fighter , depending which way you wanted to look at it , and he was dying for his crimes but he was n't alone , because there there was this man that we have been talking , there was Jesus , and there was another one , another criminal on the other side .
11 Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins .
12 To tell me he would , she would come when he was four and a quarter .
13 He forced his mind into action , though he was aware that a state of panic and a temperature around zero were not the best conditions for clarity of thought .
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