Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb infin] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We could live together and paint London pale pink , ’ she said hopefully . |
| 2 | He read that Yehudi Menuhin 's father gave up his career as a teacher so that the family could live together and organise Yehudi 's concerts . |
| 3 | The King now prepared to mount an attack on Granada and , thanks to the request of his queen in a personal letter to Rodrigo , El Cid joined him , raising the siege of Leira just as the city was about to capitulate rather than fail Alfonso . |
| 4 | Rather than ignore Philips 's cherished necessity principle , the Government turned it on its head . |
| 5 | ‘ No matter what he says or does , no matter what happens to force me towards him — I 'd die rather than marry Damian Flint ! ’ |
| 6 | They would have endured the worst torment he could have devised rather than betray Resenence Jeopardy . |
| 7 | Rather than match China 's firmness , it can be confidently predicted , the Hong Kong authorities will follow past form , cease muttering about their shock and horror over Tiananmen , and return to bland assurances that the negotiations with Peking about a post-1997 ‘ Basic Law ’ for Hong Kong are going well . |
| 8 | Ruckelshaus , a republican lawyer , also hit the headlines when he resigned as Deputy Attorney-General in the midst of the Watergate crisis rather than fulfil President Nixon 's order to fire Archibald Fox , the special prosecutor . |
| 9 | When the Girls left to get married at the end of each show , rather than risk Jennie 's haphazard choice of replacements , she sent over the two Head Girls who were almost resident in America , Rene Todd or Dorothy Sabine , to make their own selection . |
| 10 | And , rather than allow Eldorado to be a drain on the Corporation for years to come , the show is expected to be the first on his hit list . |
| 11 | Rather than enter Karak Eight Peaks from the west , he would cross the Worlds Edge Mountains and move south along the eastern edge , entering Karak Eight-Peaks from what he hoped would be the more lightly held eastern gate . |
| 12 | An I such a glutton for punishment that I would take on romantic love rather than follow Germaine Greer 's example and embrace ‘ hagdom ’ , as she recommends in her new book The Change ( Hamish Hamilton , £16.99 ) , and with it , a loveless old age ? |
| 13 | Stella had run all the way on her errand to the Post Office ; rather than let Meredith down she would have dropped in her tracks . |
| 14 | By this meeting Nigel had come up with a further solution : rather than abolish SERPS , he suggested that we modify it to the point that it could be afforded . |
| 15 | ‘ Boys , ’ I said , ‘ let's go ashore and find Flint 's treasure . ’ |
| 16 | She would go downstairs and tell Amelia what had happened to Clive . |
| 17 | To punish her , he ordered her to go downstairs and get Eleanor something to eat . |
| 18 | I 'll go downstairs and call Mr Kobold . |
| 19 | ‘ None , none ! ’ — fearing he might go downstairs and find Frankenstein in a state he would possibly mistake for lifeless . |
| 20 | It makes one wonder how much longer its OEM customer , technology partner and minority shareholder Hewlett-Packard Co is going to wait before buying the company and putting it out of its misery — or is it going to stand aside and let Sequoia 's other major partner , Samsung Electronics Co , Seoul , South Korea nip in and snap it up under its nose ? |
| 21 | Our aim is to improve further and modernise Britain 's social security system . |
| 22 | Slowly Sara began to see why it was that her mother was so proud of her nationality , for there was something about these simple Portuguese mariners that inspired confidence and trust , so that she became increasingly sure that her decision to leave home and marry João had been well judged . |
| 23 | It was a relief to both of them to reach home and find Helen and Anne waiting for them in Magdalen Street , with a hot meal prepared and a warm welcome from them and Moira . |
| 24 | Cos I said I wan na go home and pick June up in the morning . |
| 25 | ‘ I think we should go at once and see Patrick . ’ |
| 26 | You can stay here and take Shelley out to dinner . |
| 27 | ‘ Ben Gunn , ’ they said , ‘ you can stay here and find Flint 's money . |
| 28 | Ask him to be so kind as to come here and say Mass tomorrow morning . |
| 29 | ‘ It will take some neck for him to now sit there and sing Pele 's praises at this function . ’ |
| 30 | well ask me to sort it out , do n't sit there and whinge Anthony |