Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] rather have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That looks a pretty good job , sweeping the floor , though I 'd rather have a go on the sweeping machine . |
| 2 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 3 | I 'd tell my husband I 'd rather have a change of holiday and not go with our friends . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd rather have a turkey ! ’ |
| 5 | I 'd rather have a racist straight up and on the rocks any day . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd rather have a corned beef sandwich . ’ |
| 7 | I think that 's the best bet , but I 'd rather , no I think I 'd rather have a or |
| 8 | I 'd rather have a couple hours |
| 9 | No I like , I like I 'd , I 'd rather have a |
| 10 | I 'd rather have a meal would n't you ? |
| 11 | but I mean I 'd rather have a Calibre than that definitely |
| 12 | I 'd rather have a rat in the house than a dog |
| 13 | A fucking cake , I 'd rather have a bottle of Gin I 'd prefer to that . |
| 14 | If the worst came to the worst and we did get another president , I would do it , but I 'd rather have a break for a little while . |
| 15 | I would rather have a little shop , a holiday home and be getting married and having kids . |
| 16 | Although of course I would rather have a Pissarro . |
| 17 | I had planned to buy a flat with Geraldine but realized that if — no , when — John came back I would rather have a home all set up for him . |
| 18 | Well what I would what I would do erm I would rather have a commitment for a date to start when you go out of here and if you say if you 've got if you 've got something that comes up then fine . |
| 19 | I would rather have an RSPCA worker who retained the capacity to weep than one hardened to the darker necessities of the job . |
| 20 | When it comes to safety when it comes to safety I would rather have an electric cooker . |
| 21 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 22 | You 'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known , would n't you ? |
| 23 | If you 'd rather have a cold drink |
| 24 | So sorry can I just ask , so in effect you have n't shifted your ground from the view which you expressed in paragraph three point six of your submission where you 've just confirmed in fact that you 'd rather have a proper or the ability to make a sort of proper measured allocations , part of which would make provision or allow the facility to cater for major inward investment ? |
| 25 | But when the chips are down and he 's feeling blue , Charlie sees himself as ‘ The Maryhill Hermit ’ , a victim of his public image , and a man who would rather have a quiet night with the wife than a night out with the wild bunch . |
| 26 | But we 'd rather have a major scare that turned out to be a false alarm than the real thing and a late start , sir . ’ |
| 27 | we 'd rather have a cigarette in our hands . |
| 28 | I feel that in some senses it becomes almost about a certain strain of purity — that we would rather have a demonstration of 50 people on maybe a fuller , total political programme , than we would a demonstration of 50,000 people on maybe more limited aims but nevertheless political aims that we do feel carry us forward , but which could draw into activity a broader range of people . |
| 29 | However , there are those who take the view that , on the day of the actual birthday , they would rather have a smaller celebration with the immediate family . |
| 30 | ( I sha n't — he said he 'd rather have a drawing of mine , in any case . ) |