Example sentences of "'d [adv] not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd rather not be here . ’ |
| 2 | And would n't it be awful if he ever realized that it 's not very important to us , that we 'd rather not be safe if only he had the courage to take our safety away … " |
| 3 | She 's traumatised and dehydrated but otherwise unharmed but he 's got soul brother 's limbs where his own ought to be ; necrosis like frostbite , blood-death at the extremities but the extremities start at shoulder and groin ; he 's alive but if you were him you 'd rather not be . |
| 4 | I 'll get Annunziata to keep something hot in the kitchen and then if you 'd rather not be bothered with us tonight , you can have it there — or in bed , if that would be better , ’ said Julia , her heart feeling as though it were held in a tightening vice as she saw his misery . |
| 5 | But one thing you ca n't disguise is that you 'd rather not be there . |
| 6 | Yeah , erm it certainly would n't do any harm , erm I 'd rather not be rung at work if that 's alright |
| 7 | ‘ No — please — I 'd rather not be moved . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd rather not be tied down here . |
| 9 | what all that crap erm no thank you I 'd rather not be degraded like that . |
| 10 | ‘ If Bryan had n't fired me , I 'd probably not be in the charts now . ’ |
| 11 | You 'd certainly not be able to live the way you do now . |