Sentence examples for rather fancied from inspiring English sources

EIGHT months have passed since rumours first fluttered that Barclays, a big British bank, rather fancied South Africa's Absa.

The Tate k has long been an important place for Bowling: "In the early years I rather fancied living in this neighbourhood," he explains.

In an attempt to be a good parent, I'd eschewed the lurid pink stuff she rather fancied and had started buying a nice natural organic toothpaste, free from saccharine and other additives.

There's still plenty more treks to do - we all rather fancied the two-day trek to the top of the volcano, but Explora deliberately gives you too much choice; they want you to return.

Happy to live in the moment at a club he has always rather fancied managing and followed closely from his long-standing base down the road on Teesside, McClaren cuts a picture of contentment.

I also thought her hot and sultry evocation of Greece and Asia Minor would suit the dog days of August, and selfishly I rather fancied reading something about the ancient world since I'm about to go on holiday to Greece … But the main thing is that this is an important and wonderful writer.

"I've always kinda fancied myself as just that slick little dude.

For a working-class intellectual (which was how I rather cockily fancied myself as a student) to speak and understand French is to short-circuit many of the stupidities of class prejudice in the UK.

Tom Ford's artful thriller Nocturnal Animals also picked up three, including best director, best supporting actor (for Aaron Tayloratherson, rathan then the much-fancied Michael Shannon) and screenplay.

It's this shock combo which presumably earned her a Golden Globe nomination alongside Streep, rather than the much-fancied Anna Kendrick, who makes less of an impression as indecisive Cinders – a part played for tears not laughs.

He had a run on goal but fancied winning a penalty instead.