Example sentences of "than take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , if you 're trying to individuate intellects , erm , rather than take a proof |
| 2 | Er I had or trying to provoke us , and erm what our lads have been informed is rather than take a situation on like that , it 's better just to turn around and walk away . |
| 3 | Women will wait much longer at an intersection rather than take a risk . |
| 4 | ‘ He should tell Dick Spring he 's too busy dealing with the grave problems here , than taking a trip to Dublin to talk about matters which , at present , are not important , ’ said the DUP leader , who visited Magherafelt this morning . |
| 5 | Erm , to cut a long story short , if a attractive Fairfax erm , individual enterprise came up , we would be far more interested than taking a stake that was a , just an investment . |
| 6 | She had endowed the marriage ( and he could never really like the fellow ) most extravagantly out of her invested money , rather than taking a dip among the jewels that she never wore . |
| 7 | THE holiday ads are tempting you away with the usual images of fun and sun but rather than taking a package why not invest in that longed-for overseas home ? |
| 8 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 9 | When his father died he felt nothing and had done nothing more than take a day off for the funeral . |
| 10 | You could do worse than take a leaf out of the health economists ' book . |
| 11 | Of course now it 's warm enough to start getting out in the garden , what could be better than to take a selection of water toys to play with in the paddling pool outside ? |