Example sentences of "than [verb] you " in BNC.

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1 " Nothing would give your mother greater pleasure I 'm sure , Chuck , than to see you bring distinction to yourself and your family , " cut in the senator reprovingly before his wife could reply .
2 ‘ When we have so many spare rooms here it seemed eminently sensible , much better than allowing you to travel backwards and forwards . ’
3 It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up .
4 But they will be designed to encourage you to be a long-term holder rather than to enable you to take a quick profit .
5 This brochure can do more than introduce you to a few of the services that our personal customers find most useful .
6 ‘ I 'd sooner crawl than let you help me , ’ she spat at him .
7 hailing from bonny Glasgow but destined for world domination , One Dove are one of the more permanent fixtures of a transient club scene and , despite the innocuous chemical reference , they 'd rather whisper sweet nothings in your ear than whip you into a frenzy of fancy footwork .
8 I have worked for you in all ways practically from the moment you were born and I 'd die rather than see you throw yourself away on the likes of her ; for she is scum , and I repeat it , scum .
9 The last two examples , I 'm actually going to ask you to do tonight rather than keep you here this evening .
10 ‘ It was Bill who suggested Cy when it was clear that Ibn Fayoud would take his horses away from the yard rather than use you . ’
11 ‘ I would sooner swim in the pool with the crocodiles than marry you , ’ I had said .
12 Good nothing wrong with that , nothing wrong at all , now I think rather than set you something new , it 's better to , try to get another bar .
13 Er and I can think of erm nothing better than to leave you with this slide er which I think sums up where we 're coming from today and what we 'd like you to take away from today .
14 ‘ Adolph , I would like nothing better than to give you the chance to start your life again , but Colonel Goreng … he 's the cautious one .
15 members to members , and not perhaps for officers to interfere too much other than to give you background information , and it has been falling off , let me just say that .
16 In those days , if you were ill in England , the doctor visited you , rather than expecting you to stagger to the surgery .
17 Than calling you at the office . ’
18 ‘ I 'd die rather than marry you ! ’
19 Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in .
20 Than having you know , break all the alarms and everything else .
21 ‘ Henry should know better than to keep you cooped up with his books .
22 Do you think they would n't rather have known the truth than believe you 'd grown too selfish to care ? ’
23 The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump .
24 I 'm carrying you because you need to get back into the warmth as fast as possible , and this is quicker than letting you walk by yourself . ’
25 That was great and started a whole year of being in America for me , which was seeing David as a major star and also for myself , experiencing life as it should be as a major star , with your cars and people looking after you and the record company being polite to you rather than treating you like shit and not working .
26 I 'd do anything rather than offend you , you know .
27 His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour .
28 Rather than commit you at this stage to the costs of detailed accounting , due diligence and contract drafting , which may subsequently prove to be abortive , MAS would intend performing a short key features review devised to highlight potential deal breaking points and other inevitably contentious issues ( such as possible earn-out terms ) which will need to be resolved with the vendors prior to proceeding .
29 OVERCOATS will do more than keep you warm this winter .
30 ‘ A very big ‘ oh ’ , ’ Ven murmured , and , seeming to take it favourably that she was not snatching her hands out of his clasp , ‘ What is happening to me , can I think , when I , who value my privacy and do not need an intrusive journalist in my home , find that I have done no less than invite you to my home for dinner ? ’
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