Example sentences of "[coord] sooner than " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ — Or sooner than , well , a priest for instance . ’ |
| 2 | But the bright eyes of danger beckoned again , and sooner than I had expected . |
| 3 | Since you 're obviously a young man of ardent passions , perhaps I 'll have a chance to show you personally what I mean — and sooner than you think . |
| 4 | And sooner than he thought . |
| 5 | 4.8 THE BARE INFINITIVE AFTER RATHER THAN AND SOONER THAN |
| 6 | The use just discussed bears a relation to the occurrence of the bare infinitive after the expressions rather than and sooner than : ( 32 ) He paid the fine rather than appeal to a higher court . |