Example sentences of "you [vb mod] prefer to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department … |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd prefer to be villainous ? ’ |
| 3 | Naturally , you 'd prefer to be alive . |
| 4 | ‘ Or maybe you 'd prefer to be invigorated by another stalemate argument with me on the subject . ’ |
| 5 | We shall be writing to you again around August 1989 to ask you whether you would prefer to be excluded . |
| 6 | ‘ You would prefer to be back in your monastery ? ’ |