Example sentences of "[vb pp] rather a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You see , I 've had rather a lot on my mind recently … ’ |
| 3 | Seemed to have got rather a lot of margarine on there , hope you 're going to eat all your toast today , not like yesterday |
| 4 | I 've got rather a lot on my mind . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ She does n't like the Highlands , you know that , and she 's got rather a lot on just at present . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Clare told me he 'd taken rather a lot of convincing — once he 'd determined to do the slightly naff champagne-pyramid stunt in the first place — not to try doing it with proper champagne flutes but to use the perry glasses like everybody else did ; too tall , too unstable otherwise . |
| 8 | I can see from what you 've just told me that things have changed rather a lot in fifty years . |