Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a rather [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I had a rather nerve-racking experience with him when I was working the horse rake in the lower field . |
| 2 | Oh , lord , she inwardly groaned ; if this was Vendelin Gajdusek , then she had a rather unhappy feeling that she had made a terrible start ! |
| 3 | We would visit her on occasions and I remember she had a rather splendid grandfather clock . |
| 4 | She had a rather broad face , pale as cream , and dotted with freckles . |
| 5 | Apparently , missing Glyn showed how incompetent she was , and she had a rather annoying vision of him going into see Ned Clarke and passing on the information with a sceptical look , a sort of ‘ what will these women get up to next ? ’ expression . |
| 6 | He bent to hear what she was saying , because she had a rather soft voice . |
| 7 | We got her from Sidney Fawcett , but she had a rather unfortunate weakness . |
| 8 | Of course we had a rather unsuitable contraption , described as a ‘ continental ’ tent . |
| 9 | We used to be their pet band until we had a rather silly disagreement onstage . |
| 10 | They were far too interested in girls and vodka , and they had a rather negative influence on the colonists . ’ |
| 11 | It was a kind face , but it had a rather masterful look about it . |
| 12 | ‘ My uncle , ’ said Wendy , expanding further on her family , ‘ was Provost of Dumfries ; he had a rather odd name — ‘ Chicken ’ . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I know he had a rather possessive attitude towards her-I told you about that time he came into her class , did n't I ? — but from the way he looked at her , you 'd have thought she was the most perfect and precious thing on earth to him . |
| 14 | But he had a rather military approach to the work and he did run some rather tough courses for some of the boys , so one of the parents complained . |
| 15 | They were n't police ; one of them had a rather foreign look . |