Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] rather a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 2 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 3 | He thought she was rather a strange girl ; more like a boy most of the time , but there were parts about her he really liked . |
| 4 | I thought it was rather a bad sign that I was told I could , as a family friend , go in at any time . |
| 5 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 6 | There was something rather reckless in my attending the present lectures at all , because it was in the depths of winter , and from where I now lived it was rather a long walk to the town — over a mile , at any rate . |