Example sentences of "i would prefer [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd prefer just you and I. ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd prefer not to divulge their names . |
| 3 | I 'd prefer not to have to lie about it myself Naturally , I sha n't volunteer the information . |
| 4 | And you know I 'd prefer not to do that . |
| 5 | Tuathal said , ‘ i do n't suppose you mean that , but I 'd prefer not to have heard it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd prefer not , thank you . |
| 7 | ‘ Well I 'd prefer not to , Sergeant , but one never knows . |
| 8 | I 'd prefer not to have any cups of coffee thrown in my face . ’ |
| 9 | I mean I 'd prefer really to find a teenager . |
| 10 | I would prefer not to have my guy stand up and say I may have been involved in an assassination . ’ |
| 11 | I would prefer not to work in oils . |
| 12 | But I would prefer not to alert our Ministry of the Interior — given that this has been purely a secret service matter of the DGSE until now . |
| 13 | You , I am sure , have a better use for your manpower and I would prefer not to have an officer sitting in the hall like a bailiff . ’ |
| 14 | Er I I would prefer not to be involved in elaborate discussion of the theology of involved . |
| 15 | ‘ In this matter , Sir Edmund , I would prefer not to act . ’ |
| 16 | Not a style I wish to emulate ; I prefer a kind of brisk straight-lined tidiness ; but of all the women in the world Kirsty Bull is the one I would prefer not to move in to babysit . |
| 17 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 18 | erm it does n't bother me in the slightest because I know that I would prefer maybe to be on my own than to be restricted by someone . |