Example sentences of "than [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upfront and honest , she is concerned about rights and wrongs and would rather die shouting for a cause than hide behind a corporate banner . |
| 2 | ‘ I think I 'd rather climb ladders than sit at a checkout . ’ |
| 3 | if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ? |
| 4 | To understand the importance of these procedural developments , we can hardly do better than conclude with a comparison : Blackstone 's graphic and dismaying picture of the damage being done in England by entails . |
| 5 | They are more likely to play a competitive game of squash than relax with a swim , and feel more at home playing poker than Scrabble . |
| 6 | And they , of course , fuel the form of crime fiction that attempts to do something more than indulge in a contest with the reader — the books I call the detective novel and the crime novel . |
| 7 | Even Schopenhauer could do no more than persist in a hopeless search for truth . |
| 8 | And she said and she said thank you she said , Miss Anderson she said she ought to have more sense than come in a thing like that she said to the officers . |
| 9 | Better never enter a church , he wrote , than enter in a spirit of false awe . |
| 10 | It is always easier to create in a cavern than concoct in a corner . |
| 11 | For a really cheap and cheerful gathering of friends you could do worse than invest in a fondue set and a plastic tablecloth and let everyone sit around dipping their bread into the cheese fondue , while holding a glass of nice wine in the other hand . |