Example sentences of "rather [conj] [vb infin] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than decorate I think we 'll just |
| 2 | She had thought long and hard before deciding that it was best for him to hear it from her rather than risk it reaching him through the more sensational tabloids , but she had braced herself for an outburst of shock , anger , even disgust . |
| 3 | I mean one person in particular , who is very good and always does the work , but I feel is probably — ok , she babies people too much , she does everything for them , rather than allow them to do it themselves . |
| 4 | All that rather than allow him to marry me ? |
| 5 | Rather than let me do it . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |