Example sentences of "that 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 .
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