Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 With their lack of English they were unable to explain why they chose to go hungry rather than eat such a choice dish .
2 rather than walk all the way from Woolworths .
3 The Consumers ' Association says that rather than give half the cover price to retailers , they prefer to sink the money into campaigning work and more investigations .
4 That particular party broke up at five , and two guests were persuaded to go to bed rather than drive all the way back to West Meath .
5 Alright , I mean there 's I think we 've got more responsibilities where the husband tends to be able to go away and do that a lot easier than what a woman would be able to do .
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