Example sentences of "rather [conj] [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important thing in this case was to reward him for being good rather than punish him for being naughty — if you scold or hit a young horse for not standing still you will only make matters worse . |
| 2 | ‘ Reward a young horse for being good rather than punish him for being naughty ’ |
| 3 | Rather than punish him for the attempted rebellion , Henry gave Richard the task of quelling the very Aquitainian rebels from whom he had so recently looked for support . |
| 4 | It is interesting to note that it is the present policy of some authorities to allow such a prisoner to die rather than to submit him to the indignity of forcible feeding . |
| 5 | Johnson 's problem was the IAAF 's problem , and the bottom line was that when he was caught cheating in Seoul , the powers-that-be imposed the statutory punishment of two years rather than banning him for life . |
| 6 | As with values , it is probably best to assess your opponent 's objectives rather than to ask him for them . |
| 7 | Rather than accusing him of anachronism , academic critics tended to concentrate their fire on internal contradictions or flawed assumptions in his policy . |
| 8 | Rather than wake him by pulling the clothes off him and having to face the likely consequences , Mrs Stych put her housecoat over her nightgown , got a spare blanket out of her old hope chest , and eased herself down beside the chrysalis which was her husband . |
| 9 | Rather than leave him in pace , the minotaur , video monitors blinking in its belly , hydraulic arms swinging over the crowd , turns round for a second go … |
| 10 | Edmund Langley , born in 1342 and created Earl of Cambridge in 1362 , was granted part of the Warenne inheritance to maintain his estate , but his marriage to Isabella , youngest daughter of Pedro I of Castile , was used to further Gaunt 's diplomatic schemes rather than to provide him with an adequate endowment . |
| 11 | Rather than follow him into this detail , it is more important here to underline an important general characteristic which Hobbes says the claim has . |
| 12 | Now he was peeved because his secretary , whom he had categorized as intelligent , sensible , dedicated , preferred to stay in Norfolk with her lover , a man he despised , rather than follow him to London . |