Example sentences of "i 'd sooner " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd sooner see it listed for myself . |
| 2 | Plays , too , ai n't my line much ; I 'd sooner go to a dance — it 's more livelier . |
| 3 | I 'd sooner be a Red Indian any day ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd sooner lie down , ’ Charlotte muttered . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd sooner stay where I am . |
| 6 | I 'd sooner leave it for now , ’ Liza told her . |
| 7 | But if it 's all the same to you , Doctor , I 'd sooner talk to you than Dr Adams . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd sooner kiss Cowley ! ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes I 'd sooner be doing some other job . |
| 10 | The receptionist would say : ‘ What 's wrong with you ? ’ and I 'd say : ‘ Well , actually it 's a bit personal and I 'd sooner see the doctor about it , ’ and they 'd say : ‘ Oh , we ca n't let you see the doctor until you tell us what 's wrong with you . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd sooner think about my insides than think about my face or my body . |
| 12 | I do n't think he 'd mind much , but I 'd sooner not try him out . |
| 13 | I 'd sooner have my hands cut off than vote Conservative . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd sooner die than smell , would n't you ? " |
| 15 | I think I 'd sooner face whoever sent that poison pen letter ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I think I 'd sooner go back to the house . ’ |
| 17 | I hate hurting you , I hate it more than anything else in the world , but I did hurt you , and I 'd sooner die than do it again . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd sooner wind up in a debtors ’ prison ! ’ |
| 19 | Besides , I 'd sooner avoid anything that sniffs of the predator . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Being around you for any length of time , I 'd sooner know what it is that makes you tick . |
| 21 | Anyway , I 'd sooner get under way . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd sooner help , if … if that 's all right … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd sooner be a crisp than survive . |
| 24 | I 'd sooner be too warm than too cold . ’ |
| 25 | Personally I 'd sooner fly what we 've got , even if they are slow , tired and sick of the palsy . ’ |
| 26 | I 'd sooner sleep in a used grave ! ’ howled the parson . |
| 27 | I 'd sooner have my hands cut off than vote Conservative . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd sooner see that kinda thing , than er , sponsoring a whole , sort of , like a hall , or something like that . |
| 29 | I 'd sooner be working . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd sooner crawl than let you help me , ’ she spat at him . |