Example sentences of "do rather [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have done rather well in Scotland , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Indeed , the Crown has generally done rather well in such cases . |
| 3 | I think I 've done rather well , there . |
| 4 | Moreover , the argument goes , OUP has — contrary to expectations in some quarters — done rather well since Sir Roger took over the reins . |
| 5 | Once he read something in a paper about Bella ; she seemed to have done rather well . |
| 6 | If he had n't become a personnel officer he would have done rather well in the police . |
| 7 | He wrestled to control himself , but the faint hope of convincing Mr Graham propelled the words irrepressibly from his lips : ‘ Actually , ’ he said as his boss opened the door , ‘ our banks have done rather well out of the debt crisis … ’ |
| 8 | Certainly , it is no secret that , in proportional terms , Scotland has done rather well out of the arrangements . |
| 9 | He was to retain the valuable regions already granted him , and though he would in the future have to share the heartlands with Lothar , still , for a last-born son , he had done rather well . |
| 10 | Indeed , in recent years has done rather well out of its visits to Brussels by both politicians and officers . |
| 11 | Publicity for homelessness was part of the business and I know one lad said he 'd only got two pounds of sponsorship and er I thought well you 've you 've done rather well to get two quid . |
| 12 | So we 've done rather well there . |
| 13 | Harries , already unsuccessful with two very kickable penalties , and replaced by Jones , who had landed an angled one from 28 yards , might have done rather more with the opportunity , but Newport scored straight afterwards . |
| 14 | I could however moan on about the likelihood of anyone ever wanting to listen to this collection straight through at one sitting , or that Miss Battle could have done rather more in the way of characterising each aria ( and her diction is also hardly crystal clear ) . |
| 15 | I prefer thick wool which gets done rather more quickly , and during the war I unravelled some of Grandma 's things and knitted them up again . |
| 16 | The last three West Indian wickets were also to fall cheaply , but before that the batsmen had done rather better ; Greenidge and Haynes posted another century partnership and Lloyd and Gomes both reached the nineties . |
| 17 | The Norwegians have done rather better — their pavilion ( by Pal Henry Engh ) is both entertaining and architecturally serious , true Expo material . |
| 18 | According to Phillip Knightley , Philby had done rather better and was enjoying the comfortable lifestyle of a retired KGB general with his wife Rufa , had built up a library of 12,000 books , saw Western newspapers regularly and was able to maintain contact with his family in the West . |
| 19 | Is my right Hon. Friend aware that those of us who have an interest in these matters have long felt that things in tourism are done rather better in Wales than in England ? |
| 20 | Some of the brightest moments in the game stemmed from forwards and backs in blissful unison , fully exercising the courageous Welsh defensive repertoire : Derek Stark , one felt , might have done rather better with his chance in the second minute , created by Peter Wright 's lineout tidy , midfield linkage and Gavin Hastings ' incision . |
| 21 | I bought a Volvo estate care from the Oxford Used Car Centre and I had done rather quite high mileage which I sort of did n't really look at the mileage when I bought it . |
| 22 | However , the conversion of these was done rather arbitrarily , and some people won extra years while others lost . |
| 23 | He discovered in the weeks and months that passed a real passion ; a task that was not only deeply therapeutic , but one that he also found he could do rather well . |
| 24 | It 's the one thing the nation that produced Shakespeare ( albeit 400 years ago ! ) thinks it can do rather well . |
| 25 | THERE is a degree of planetary turmoil to contend with in November although , because much of it is focused in a sign entirely compatible with your own , you may do rather well out of the situation . |
| 26 | I think he 's got a good idea here but if he takes that slant to his story you could do rather well . |
| 27 | Do you know , I think that would do rather well for Ron . |
| 28 | Smiling at her brand-new husband she slid her hand into his , taking him somewhat by surprise although he responded instantly and correctly by giving her short , brown fingers a squeeze and then , realizing he could do rather better , raising them to his lips . |
| 29 | Gordon Selfridge , who went on to do rather well himself in the department-store business , started as one of Marshall 's clerks . |
| 30 | Comparing two spectra , which involves taking into account band shapes and intensities as well as frequencies , is one of the tasks the human eye/brain seems to do rather well . |