Example sentences of "rather [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ormanroyd wins the header Speedy flicks it on again and Chettle er Chettle rather got it away as Jochim came in on him . |
| 2 | and I 'd rather make it , it went all the way up to there |
| 3 | I 'd rather throw her off the Empire State Building ! |
| 4 | If ratings are good at picking out enduring themes , while detailed observations are indispensable to explanations of how these themes arise , then the best analytical method should not choose between splitting and lumping but rather combine them . |
| 5 | Turning down ‘ loads of really tacky telly ’ , he decided he 'd rather slog it out on the alternative circuit than settle for being the new Bobby Davro . |
| 6 | ( ii ) It is probably clear to the reader that , although we are trying to work formally and to assume nothing other than that given , we do not choose our definitions of unc and unc in a perfectly random fashion , but rather make them reflect what we want to happen . |
| 7 | Lucille rather envied him , wishing that she could marry Sharpe . |
| 8 | but er they were a bit of a nuisance because more than once , I must admit I erm , I collided with them which rather made me aware of their presence but anyway erm , then just beyond I am sorry , on the erm right hand side , a little way down this corridor , were the stairs up to the next floor which was in those days Public Health |
| 9 | The thing is , ’ — I drew a deep breath and came out with it — ‘ well — it 's just that politics rather bore him . ’ |
| 10 | If you would rather wait I could come back later , but it is , of course , important to lose as little time as possible . ’ |
| 11 | I would rather describe it as a lively interest . ’ |
| 12 | If you 've got a daughter half your age I 'd rather screw her instead . |
| 13 | By the shortest sea route probably , because the prospect of flying in an aeroplane rather daunts me . |
| 14 | A later article will argue that this lowering of costs does not eliminate them altogether but rather transfers them . |
| 15 | He wondered if they 'd ever find husbands or boyfriends who would take them on such a holiday as this and rather doubted it . |
| 16 | Ibrahim rather doubted it had been there in the first place . ’ |
| 17 | I think I would actually like to pursue that point Group Captain but I I think I 'd rather pursue it in in the closed session than an open session . |
| 18 | If I 'm going to snuff it , I 'd rather snuff it with a pint in my fist than one of their bloody mugs of Ovaltine . |
| 19 | And for some time after that they went to bed at the same time and Ellen gave up both Jed and the Director of Social Services ; and when both threatened , in grief , spite and unreason , to report her infidelity to Bernard , said , ‘ Tell away ! ’ and neither of them did , which rather disappointed her . |
| 20 | not sending him there , rather send him to Judge |
| 21 | Stephen had rather expected he would do that . |
| 22 | Philippe was quite correct , I had n't taken my pills and it was one of the days when I did rather need them . ’ |
| 23 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 24 | ‘ To answer your question with brutal honesty — I did rather enjoy it . |
| 25 | I 'd rather know I came fourth and ninth . ’ |
| 26 | He had rather enjoyed it and it had helped him to keep his mind off what might be happening to Snodgrass and to Floy and Fenella . |
| 27 | ‘ I asked ( I was trying to fit in what we 'd heard of him ) about his having passed out of the Ecole Normale so high , which had rather impressed me . |
| 28 | She disregarded such things altogether , rather relished them , in fact ; and she must have been very strong , because I never knew her to show any weakness , nor to be other than her usual cheerful , robust-spirited self . |
| 29 | He was , after all , not a passionate man , and the new Jenna who returned from France had rather alarmed him . |
| 30 | ‘ Which does rather bring me to flaw number two . |