Example sentences of "[pers pn] be rather [adj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am rather inclined to think that the working conditions in this part of the country are opposed to the development of first class footballers , ’ he said . |
| 2 | like that , and she said oh , she said well I 'm rather pleased to think that he feels likes doing it . |
| 3 | I 'm rather ashamed to say that almost all of my friends are in the business . |
| 4 | I suppose , thought Fenella , that I was rather innocent to think that we could get in so easily , or that the Robemaker would not in some way guard his secrets . |
| 5 | on collecting my T-shirt and participants instructions a few days before the event , I was rather alarmed to discover that we were expected to meet at Alexander Stadium at 7.45 a.m. on the Sunday morning , a time that I did n't really know existed even before my maternity leave ! |
| 6 | I WAS rather intrigued to read that the Church of England intends to launch a TV advertising campaign next month . |
| 7 | What I wanted to say was that when I read the Annual Report I was rather surprised to find that there is no reference to the er report of the committee under the chairmanship of Bob , Bob on the organization of the R Y A and then I realized that it probably did n't come to the Council till after the end of the year that we have under consideration but it did seem to me that it has some contentious and some very interesting and rather good points in it and I wonder if we could be told how the consideration of it is getting on . |
| 8 | She had chosen the hotel for its low prices rather than its almost non-existent amenities , so she was rather surprised to find that they had a maid at all . |
| 9 | George Underwood : ‘ When we arrived , everyone was rather dressed up and we wore jeans , we were rather shabby looking and got some funny looks . |
| 10 | It 's rather nice to think that it happened in that way , that it was done overnight . |
| 11 | Indeed , it is rather illuminating to discover that within the first few pages of her book — and before she has even introduced her own work — she peremptorily dismisses the idea that genius is akin to madness . |
| 12 | By the time this stage has been reached it is rather late to try and prevent it . |
| 13 | It is rather sad to note that the main objective of these Committees these days seems to be enforcing petty rules and regulations whereby , possibly by accident , a secretary may have incorrectly banked a cheque in the office account rather than the client 's account . |
| 14 | it is rather difficult to know whether this is support for Krashen 's proposal or not , but it certainly implies the separation of the process of meaning construction from the determination of final output form . |
| 15 | With all this it is rather slow to grow and frequently when the culture plate is examined for evidence of gonococcal growth it will be found to be overgrown by other bacteria or yeasts , making it difficult or impossible to identify the gonococcus . |