Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] rather a " 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 | ( 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 . |
| 3 | This has no practical purpose whatsoever but has become rather a measure of ability — if you can duck gybe it is an indication that you must be quite good . |
| 4 | President Reagan is probably right in thinking that private companies could introduce innovations to what has become rather a moribund operation . |
| 5 | It was surprising the battle was won , for cultural and social symbolism has taken rather a knock in our rootless ‘ can-do ’ free market society . |
| 6 | He — well , he seems to have rather a low opinion of the Pentagon . ’ |
| 7 | It does look rather a big document , you know . |
| 8 | ‘ It does seem rather an absurd idea , after all ‘ civil ’ covers the middle ground , and somehow I do n't think that area exists for us . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She does n't like the Highlands , you know that , and she 's got rather a lot on just at present . |
| 10 | ‘ From what I 've seen of him , I 'd say he 's got rather a perverse sense of humour and enjoys winding people up , ’ said Melissa , remembering in particular his brush with Alain Gebrec the previous afternoon over the controversial book . |
| 11 | I 'm just going to walk down the hill with this lady — her husband 's there — she 's had rather a shock — ’ |
| 12 | Leonora 's had rather a disturbing adventure . |