Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] would rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know they all have but I mean I 'd rather have the ordinary names and then |
| 2 | As they say erm whether they were thinking , Well we will starve them on the gate out and they 'll have to come back , that 's another situation but erm I never thought we 'd have so much support from people and we can still erm I mean I 'd rather be back at work but erm that is the situation . |
| 3 | Well no I 'm not actually back to the centimetre cost I do n't agree with the centimetre argument er the centimetre argument I mean I 'd rather have one good solid paragraph which |
| 4 | I mean I 'd rather have tea , sorry , yeah . |
| 5 | I mean I 'd rather leave it if I can until it does |
| 6 | but I mean I 'd rather have a Calibre than that definitely |
| 7 | You say I 'd rather have |
| 8 | ‘ If I ca n't do what I want I 'd rather call this whole thing off . ’ |
| 9 | I expect you 'd rather be dead ; |
| 10 | Many parents , increasingly pressed to meet school fees , say they would rather the trips were not on offer than have to explain yet again to their children that they ca n't join their friends on this once-in-a-lifetime trip . |
| 11 | But police say they would rather that drivers just slowed down . |
| 12 | ESC founders Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington director and star of the Shakespeare tragedy say they would rather stay away from the Civic , one of the strongest dates on their world tours , than face the same problem again . |
| 13 | Labour councillors say they would rather have flats backing on to the gardens than rats and rubbish . |
| 14 | But the family say they 'd rather stay in temporary digs . |
| 15 | All things considered he 'd rather they 'd got rich , like William 's mum . |
| 16 | Now since I take to water like a duck does to orange sauce I enlisted the help of Suzanne here because if there 's any fooling in the water to be done I 'd rather she did it and not me . |
| 17 | I 've decided I 'd rather be back in my own country . ’ |
| 18 | I says I 'd rather can get Ben to next September , Joseph , Charlotte starts on September and Joseph will be the next one . |
| 19 | She says she would rather die than do that again . |
| 20 | Mr Wiggins added he would rather have seen road fund duty — raised from £110 to £125 — scrapped and replaced with even more substantial hikes in petrol prices than the 12p a gallon ( unleaded ) and 15p ( leaded ) set yesterday . |
| 21 | He says he would rather stay with mum . |
| 22 | It already makes black and white displays in the US , but demand for notebook personal computers with colour displays is growing , and Sharp says it would rather make these locally than export them from Japan , where they are still subject to perverse US anti-dumping duties . |
| 23 | Blake muttered he 'd rather not . |
| 24 | But Franco was tougher than expected and the interview failed ; after it Hitler is supposed to have said he would rather go to the dentist than meet Franco again . |
| 25 | ‘ I should think she 'd rather have had sixpence instead of the fond farewell . |
| 26 | ‘ If you do n't mind I 'd rather stay in . |
| 27 | I said , " That 's very kind of you , Mavis , and of course I 'll pay you for the gin , but if you do n't mind I 'd rather be alone . |
| 28 | ‘ Now if you do n't mind I 'd rather be left alone to finish drying my hair . ’ |
| 29 | Yeah That 's the only bit I hated I 'd rather have been at work all week and I did n't |
| 30 | And a Manchester mother vowed she would rather go to prison for life than pay a £4,000 bill run up by her son . |