Example sentences of "[vb past] rather a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ Fritz went red , which , Erika thought , made rather a nice change from her own blushing , and looked at his shoes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Aunt Janice was clothed ( shirt and jeans ) , which made rather a refreshing change , and standing in the hallway . |
| 5 | Because at one of our talks er before the financial advisor spoken to a chap that happened to be sitting near him when I moved out of this desk and he got rather a ler lu large investment and yet m and and he was quite happy with his investment yet much to my astonishment he completed this application form for the investment advisor to advise him on his investment . |
| 6 | You got rather a lot of beans . |
| 7 | But subsequent inquiries revealed rather a different story . |
| 8 | It cost rather a lot , Nigel discovered when he looked at the bills he was expected to pay . |
| 9 | It seemed rather an odd thing to do , but perfectly in tune with the occasion . |
| 10 | It seemed rather an historic moment , but I put the thought aside ; one must not get sentimental , and everything had been done properly , had been left in order and as it should be . |
| 11 | Boxing Day seemed rather an anti-climax . |
| 12 | That way they raised rather a lot of money . |
| 13 | Deception was another of the subjects that they knew rather a lot about at the Foreign Office . |
| 14 | Fergus laughed rather a long time at this , and said tersely , ‘ I should . ’ |
| 15 | However , Glashow himself remarked that the Nobel committee really took rather a gamble , because we do not yet have particle accelerators of high enough energy to test the theory in the regime where unification between the electromagnetic forces , carried by the photon , and the weak forces , carried by the W + , W - , and Z , really occurs . |
| 16 | ‘ Then you took rather a lot for granted , did n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | It was a good day and Svolvær looked rather a special place , but we were now tired and a campsite was priority . |
| 18 | I was chided for implying in last month 's notes that Somerset looked rather a better bet than Gloucestershire . |
| 19 | In fact I felt rather a lout in my working clothes among the elegant gathering . |
| 20 | I then , in true sneaky Aussie fashion , hired two young men who were willing to hold a fictitious conversation in a pub that Ryan frequented , which I must admit I thought rather a nice touch . |
| 21 | " Oh , lay off , " said Clelia , and pulled away from him , and skipped a few steps on the green short grass , and then did rather a professional cartwheel . |
| 22 | Ten million dollars down the drain sounded rather a lot . |
| 23 | Getting to the Health Centre was a tedious business involving a bus and a clanking ride for a few stops on the underground and Erika was glad to find her way to it , jammed among the usual blocks of flats , although at that time of night they had rather a festive air with every window lighted . |
| 24 | The doctor who appeared was R. E. Havard , and after five minutes of talk about influenza ( Lewis had rather a fondness for discussing symptoms man to man ) , they fell to some ethical or philosophical talk . |
| 25 | I remember November 5 , 1953 , when a tendency to clear up had rather a disastrous consequence . |
| 26 | The phrase had rather a stylish ring to it he 'd decided . |
| 27 | We had rather a lot to drink , and before I knew where I was I found myself being hustled into a broom closet by three men . |
| 28 | Call Me Old Fashioned , I thought was a good title , and A Licence to Print Money would have been another good title for a bestseller , but it had rather a rapacious sound do n't you think ? |
| 29 | The initial shock must have been terrible , but in fact she had rather a good war . |
| 30 | Actually Oi ! was a mock-working class derivation of punk rock invented by a pig-faced scab which , thanks to the cowardice and stupidity of its main advocates , had rather a lot of Nazi scum amongst its rather dim cockernee fan base . |