Example sentences of "[verb] rather a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could detect a purr of satisfaction when John Major replied that actually some other European countries made rather a mess of things : that Belgium had taken 100 days to form a government ; that the Italian political system was a disaster and the French one not much better ; and that , if they had any sense , they would copy the way we do things . |
| 2 | But we made rather a mistake on the way back , and we were picked up by an Army lorry and taken to West Friar House on the south side and given hot tea and something to eat . |
| 3 | You got rather a lot of beans . |
| 4 | As she glared at him , he continued , ‘ So get used to the fact that , if you plan on staying on here , you will unfortunately be seeing rather a lot of me . |
| 5 | Huh , he 's a good , good lad , but he 's er he drinks rather a lot and suffers quite a lot from hangovers , he comes in dries up and goes |
| 6 | ‘ You 're presuming rather a lot , ’ the Doctor pointed out , ‘ from a heap of crumbled ruins . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah , I 'm rather concerned that this kind of thing seems to be happening rather a lot , I mean this is so reminiscent of what happened in the , the four maisonette in in Fern Hill where we had empty blocks left for a long time erm becoming a magnet for vandalism and all kinds of everything ! |
| 8 | She has rather a thing about patchwork . |
| 9 | As the above photograph suggests , American artist , photographer and video-maker William Wegman has rather a penchant for doggies of all shapes and sizes , and his work is positively littered with them . |
| 10 | It cost rather a lot , Nigel discovered when he looked at the bills he was expected to pay . |
| 11 | John Ambrose should be well known to visitors to recent Woodworker Shows , as he has won rather a lot of medals in the turning competitions . |
| 12 | And we had expected rather a slump after Christmas that has n't happened really so that er you know we 're just so busy I mean one thing to the next really . |
| 13 | A fraught fivesome with ants in their pants and , presumably , cockroaches in their coat pockets , they 're all about threats and menace and a three-guitar assault which owes rather a lot to tykes like the Pixies but has absolutely no intention of paying the buggers back . |
| 14 | Oh and they 're slumbering rather a lot are they ? |
| 15 | Boxing Day seemed rather an anti-climax . |
| 16 | ( Edited by Derek Hodgson , available from Yorkshire , CCC , ) The late withdrawal of Craig McDermott from the Yorkshire staff has caused embarrassment and inconvenience in several quarters ; at the ‘ Welcome to Craig McDermott ’ dinner which was held recently in Leeds United 's banqueting suite , there was one conspicuous absentee , and now the Australian fast bowler has made rather a mess of the Yorkshire yearbook . |
| 17 | Though that was not my subject at Aix , I 've made rather a point of knowing a certain amount of French Civil Law . |
| 18 | I 'm just going to walk down the hill with this lady — her husband 's there — she 's had rather a shock — ’ |
| 19 | You see , I 've had rather a lot on my mind recently … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've just got rather a cold , ’ she said . |
| 21 | I 've got rather a headache coming on . ’ |
| 22 | I 've got rather a lot on my mind . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ She does n't like the Highlands , you know that , and she 's got rather a lot on just at present . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've got rather a lot to catch up on , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd like to ask you out , pumpkin , but I 've got rather a lot to do today . |
| 26 | Seemed to have got rather a lot of margarine on there , hope you 're going to eat all your toast today , not like yesterday |
| 27 | But she would look rather a fool if it did turn out to be only one of the children from the village . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid I do look rather a fright . ’ |
| 29 | I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’ |
| 30 | That way they raised rather a lot of money . |