Example sentences of "rather [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's rather a long way , though . |
| 2 | It does , unfortunately , leave you rather a long way from your car ; but never mind , at least you 're used to walking by now ! |
| 3 | We did n't go on the motorbike that time , since Darlington was rather a long way and the general unreliability of the machine argued against using it . |
| 4 | The first major thing I did was to have a road laid from the top , rather a long way . |
| 5 | ‘ London 's rather a long way . ’ |
| 6 | Although different presentation styles are appropriate to different media this is not indicated on the list and you will need to refer either to the Quick Reference Guide ( a single folder card that you should try to keep handy ) or to Chapter 20 of the User Guide — which frankly seems rather a long way in ! |
| 7 | You , of course , have your headquarters in Tunbridge Wells , is n't that rather a long way to have much contact with Brighton ? |
| 8 | She gave me rather a long look but let it go at that . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's rather a long story . |
| 10 | I have n't actually got the , got page , it 's rather a long case |
| 11 | ‘ You 're taking rather a long rest , are n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Actually , ’ she said , ‘ you 'll notice I 'm wearing rather a long dress . |
| 13 | Gasgcoine is rather a long word to say so I suppose the boys at school call him Gazza . |
| 14 | In each case , it is the Creole which is reacted to : in ( 1 ) , by J , who responds " you ca n't " , and in ( 2 ) by all the parties to the conversation , who laugh for three seconds — rather a long laugh . |
| 15 | Fergus laughed rather a long time at this , and said tersely , ‘ I should . ’ |
| 16 | It 's just going to take rather a long time making them admit it . ’ |
| 17 | You take rather a long time sometimes to find something that fits in but you do in the end . ’ |
| 18 | The pope did not send him a pallium until June 634 and , given the long-standing papal concern with the well-being of the church of Canterbury , a three-year interval between Honorius ' appointment and the sending of a pallium would seem to be rather a long time . |
| 19 | ‘ Three years , I admit , is rather a long time . |
| 20 | But she was aware that she had been preoccupied a lot of the time , all too aware of the mountain of work before her , and that it was rather a long time since she and her daughter had had any special outings together . |
| 21 | Six years alone is rather a long time . ’ |
| 22 | Sorry to have taken rather a long time to reply but Andrew was in transit back to and around Italy . |
| 23 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |
| 24 | Frankly , I 'd respond more if a chap came up to me and said , ‘ Look here , we 've been doing this for rather a long time now and we find that this way seems to bring the best results . ’ ’ |
| 25 | It took Corps rather a long time to adjust , I believe . |
| 26 | It will , I suspect , be rather a long time before historians adopt SGML-authoring software as their own . |
| 27 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 28 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 29 | It 's rather a long time is n't it ? |
| 30 | No that 's not I just thought to change a wash , cos I think they 've been on there rather a long time . |