Example sentences of "be [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing I am rather a special person . |
| 2 | I think you are rather a vain girl and thinking too much about your figure . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said slowly , still looking at her in that peculiar way , ‘ you really are rather a remarkable person . ’ |
| 4 | And there are rather a lot of photographs of one particular consultant obstetrician gynaecologist , Yehudi Gordon . |
| 5 | Beliefs are not conjured up out of nothing but are rather a response to experience . |
| 6 | There are rather a lot you know |
| 7 | Oh , we 're talking about sixth forms , Bill , and we 're talking about all schools which have sixth forms and you 're conscious that there are rather a lot of schools with sixth forms in the county and who will feel that it is a significant change . |
| 8 | Armed with your bridging loan , you are effectively a cash buyer , not caught up in a chain , and you can use this position to your advantage , demanding and getting a good discount . |
| 9 | He had been dead a week before they realized he was n't breathing . |
| 10 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 11 | His father 's been dead a long time and he has-had — two brothers . ’ |
| 12 | ( I 'm pretty certain I never believed that one , I mean the guy had been dead a week , for Pete 's sake . |
| 13 | Darren had been dead a couple of months ; I had fallen out with my father and I 'd been in London for most of the summer , staying with Aunt Ilsa and her long-term companion , whose only name appeared to be Mr Gibbon , which I thought made him sound like a cat for some reason … |
| 14 | ‘ She 's been dead a very long time , has n't she ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I only took a quick look , he 'd been dead a long time , it was n't nice , and yet — it looked like Uncle Mosse . ’ |
| 16 | Professional musicians are mostly a cynical lot — they 've heard it all before and played it all before too . |
| 17 | Good photography or colour reproductions can enhance the quality of a book , but are rarely a crucial factor outside the obvious field of the visual arts . |
| 18 | Hotels , whatever people say , are rarely a problem . |
| 19 | This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just . |
| 20 | Yet elections are rarely a verdict on a single issue , especially one concerned with foreign affairs . |
| 21 | THE gap between Absolute Beginners and Earth Girls Are Easy seems to have been rather a long one . |
| 22 | There had been rather a mystery as to why he should have died at that particular time . |
| 23 | Traditionally , he has been rather a mysterious figure with most of the audience seeing only his back . |
| 24 | I 'm sure it must have been rather a strain to keep pretending an interest in a boring little milliner from Mannheim . ’ |
| 25 | Charles , then , was the second brother to be left a widower , after Thomas ; the domestic burden thus falling upon him and his remaining daughters must have been rather a daunting one , including the need to feed , control and educate young Ben , then only nine years old . |
| 26 | This role may have been rather a disappointment to both sides , as General Gallagher said when he got back from Hanoi , although by opposing the clearance of wartime US mines that had been laid in Haiphong harbour , thus preventing an early return of French troopships , Gallagher seems to have come down rather heavily on the Vietminh side . |
| 27 | She could remember the bra , it had been rather a good black lace wired Kayser Bondor , of a line that appeared to have been discontinued , as she 'd never been able to find another . |
| 28 | Also , half a capful might have been rather a lot , weight for weight . |
| 29 | There had been rather a lot of funerals at Low Birk Hatt and they were n't inexpensive . |
| 30 | ‘ There 's been rather a development , ’ said Emma . |