Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] [subord] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him . |
| 2 | Would they accept what he had said and let them go rather than cause a scene ? |
| 3 | Those callings that live to the spirit of critical-path analysis might introduce more order and efficiency to homesteading , but they could also lead one to break rather than bend . |
| 4 | You will be better off saying your piece and seeing what happens rather than keep bottling things up . |
| 5 | A good proportion of Rousettus 's clicks are clearly audible to us ( which by definition makes them sound rather than ultrasound : ultrasound is just the same as sound except that it is too high for humans to hear ) . |
| 6 | Obviously , they had made up their minds that they would have to make us eat rather than tell their bosses what had happened . |