Example sentences of "[vb mod] rather [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | hailing from bonny Glasgow but destined for world domination , One Dove are one of the more permanent fixtures of a transient club scene and , despite the innocuous chemical reference , they 'd rather whisper sweet nothings in your ear than whip you into a frenzy of fancy footwork . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 'll tell you this , I 'd rather go 12 rounds with Lennox Lewis than face a 25-yarder from our full-back Clive Freeman ! |
| 3 | I 'd rather eat cold fat . |
| 4 | They do n't like to be tied down to certain types of delay ; they 'd rather leave that sort of decision until the mix . ’ |
| 5 | I mean if you 'd rather get them if you 'd rather save fifty P . |
| 6 | I 'd rather have that shape you can cut . |
| 7 | Such games are usually very playable but BTTF is so poorly executed , I 'd rather have Corky stand on my head than play this drivel again . |
| 8 | I 've come to terms with it , it does n't bother whether I 've got it or not , but to be honest I 'd rather have more hair than I do now . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd rather have another drink , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 10 | We 'd rather lose some riders than have any dissatisfied because they chose the wrong holiday . |
| 11 | I 'd rather fill this page with angry letters attacking people who are entertained/moved by fascism , racism , homophobia , whether it 's Morrissey ‘ exploring its fascination ’ or someone scooping out their own shit and trying to sell it to us as ‘ common sense ’ , than have another letter like yours , the first half ( not printed here , lucky readers ) of which is something incomprehensible about The Wedding Present — DQ |
| 12 | Particularly as normally he 'd rather run that mile than chat up a nurse ! |
| 13 | Well , she does buy vegetables , but she 'd rather buy frozen veg , 'cos it 's just easy for her , dead easy for her . |
| 14 | I 'd rather take that approach , and what I would suggest is that , wherever possible , teachers should think about involving parents in the kinds of difficulties that the child is having in school , and thereby becomes a team effort rather than parents working one direction and perhaps teachers working in another . |
| 15 | They would rather watch American football on television ; at least we import success . |
| 16 | Buyers on their part will make similar calculations ; and if at any time the price should rise considerably above 36s. they will argue that the supply will be much greater than the demand at that price : therefore even those of them who would rather pay that price than go unserved , wait ; and by waiting they help to bring the price down . |
| 17 | I believe that all parents would rather pay increased taxes or not receive tax cuts if that would deal with the problem . |
| 18 | Yeah a lot of people do that , they , I mean , go on the train shopping do n't they , I know a lot of people who are and I would rather sit ten minutes or twenty minutes . |
| 19 | ‘ I would rather make pragmatic progress than theoretical progress . ’ |
| 20 | Her younger brother was sent by Teresa later in the day to say she would not be returning to a house where a dangerous lunatic lived and no one could expect her to — she would rather forfeit that week 's wages than wait long enough to give notice . |
| 21 | I have said consistently we do n't want to be the first in the industry , I would rather await either N A C O T , N A C O M or the U D M seeing what they , the outcome is there as we have traditionally done and then take it from there where you must agree that we have usually improved on their offer when it 's been made . |
| 22 | It was impossible to evaluate my effectiveness as a role model , facilitator and practical teacher in terms of the time involved , but I was reassured by the fact I had spent 10 per cent of my time formally teaching students — although some nurses would rather spend this time at the bedside . |
| 23 | General Thorne felt that he would rather defend one airport than two . |
| 24 | Foreign banks would rather persuade Russian entrepreneurs to deposit their profits with them than consider extending loans . |
| 25 | At any rate this seems a very flimsy basis for the suggestion that the praetor fideicommissarius had jurisdiction over legacies too ; and on procedural grounds one would rather resist that proposition . |
| 26 | Also , why do so many franchised Land Rover agents give the impression that they would rather sell complete vehicles and not bother about spare parts ? |
| 27 | One comment passed was ‘ I would rather have 100,000 members paying £1 than 1,000 members paying £100 . ’ |
| 28 | But that means nothing to the army of unemployed and to threatened companies which would rather have any work than none , or to politicians caught up in righteous anger at ‘ unfair ’ competition . |
| 29 | On one occasion , when Sarah Bernhardt was the guest of honour at a Savoy dinner , he cooked the greater part of the meal at a side table under her very eyes ; his carving of the duck was a flamboyant display of swordsmanship ; when asked if he ever went to the theatre he replied that he would rather see six gourmets eating a perfectly cooked meal than watch the finest performance of Bernhardt or of Coquelin . |
| 30 | Hearn and Doyle , whose players won over 70 per cent of the prize money on the WPBSA circuit last year , would rather see greater efficiency and cost effectiveness . |