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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
lay
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Nonni was the daughter of a prosperous dealer in scrap metal who had also been a lay preacher .
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A non-conformist lay preacher , he fought the November byelection.
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A lay preacher , his house was the meeting-place of a gathered church by 1649.
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Many of its earlier leaders were lay preachers who entered politics in order to apply their religious ideals in practical ways.
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Les was a bit of a lay preacher , but did not push his views on anyone.
local
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The Teesside-born star trained as a Methodist local preacher when he was a teenager in Middlesbrough, but is now an atheist.
■ VERB
become
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But one way of making your mark was to become a preacher .
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From boyhood he worked on local farms and became an itinerant Methodist preacher .
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Enjoying better health than for many years, he was able to become an active preacher .
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Some of these were also converted through Baxter's ministry and became preachers themselves.
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Perhaps I was wrong to become a preacher .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a military leader, the prophet Joshua knew the importance of engaging the enemy, the preacher continues.
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For years marginal radio stations paid the rent with late-night or Sunday-morning preacher shows, which they aired for cash up front.
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He was born in Limavady in 1839, the son of a Methodist preacher , William Guard.
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The preacher turned his volume up.
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There are so many great preachers there.
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They could have been greengrocers, insurance salesmen, buggy repairmen, schoolteachers, congressmen or even preachers as much as criminals.
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They give point to the cries of the preachers for repentance, conversion, and return to the old religion.
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Vanity, all is vanity, saith the preacher .