Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] rather [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seated himself in an armchair adjacent to the settee to which Elisa had naturally returned although now she was sitting rather prim and upright on the edge . |
| 2 | For girls themselves , it may also be a daunting prospect , especially if they 're feeling rather vulnerable and embarrassed about their condition . |
| 3 | It 's becoming rather obvious that our concentration span is virtually finished . |
| 4 | But I did n't er I think his teaching days , he was getting rather old and he did n't control us as he should have been able to . |
| 5 | He was breathing rather fast and the strange , amber lights twitched and jumped in his eyes . |