Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] rather [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first we just made conversation , but after a couple of drinks Reid looked at me thoughtfully , twiddling his half-empty glass , and said , ‘ There 's no reason not to tell you this , Kit , but since we 've got to work together , I 'd rather explain my mode of living before the old cats on the island — the European gossips — start telling you stories . |
| 2 | I 'd rather exercise my brain a bit with something creative . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd rather exercise my brain a bit with something creative . ’ |
| 4 | I think I 'd rather have my Tagamet because of that |
| 5 | Oh yeah , erm , oh I 'd rather have our climate I think . |
| 6 | I 'd rather see our dog kill our Brian ! |
| 7 | I 'd rather keep my dignity . " |
| 8 | I 'd rather cut my throat than go into an institution ’ . |
| 9 | After all , a guitar tech 's job has to depend on such accuracy , and if it were my job then I 'd rather put my faith in the R450 than a box-load of pocket tuners . |
| 10 | ‘ Because my family were lawyers and self-employed , I 've always had the feeling that I would rather hold my future in my own hands than have it in somebody else 's . |
| 11 | I would rather lose my self than share it with Syl . |
| 12 | If he were mine , I would rather sell my soul . |
| 13 | Maybe she 'd rather see her friend first , even if she had to cry after , ’ Nick said . |
| 14 | " I appreciate that you would rather terminate your employment yourself . |
| 15 | He 'd rather say his mother died but she did n't . |
| 16 | The boy now gives up his Oedipal wishes because he would rather keep his penis , and he takes the castration threat seriously , having seen a castrated person . |