Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't really care if he was a homosexual — though I 'd rather his taste were for adults . |
| 2 | You 're lucky that if that 'll be any harder I would fucking his fucking neck off for him . |
| 3 | His mother Angela had risked legal action by blocking radiation treatment — saying she would rather her son died in peace at home than suffer in hospital . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was that , or frustration , or , more probable still , a queer kind of prudery — he would rather his mother thought him a brute than realize what we had been up to — that made him hit me . |
| 5 | ‘ At a time when Scotland 's supply of quality players is limited , McCoist can make this tie less of a banana skin than it looks , ’ said Roxburgh , who freely admits he would rather his team were playing Germany , Italy or the Netherlands . |