Example sentences of "i [vb mod] rather [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am now standing outside a gate , outside a window , looking into a life that does not belong to me , and I should rather look away . |
| 2 | ‘ I should rather keep company with Mrs Frere . |
| 3 | I should rather like to have an opportunity of putting to the Prime Minister some of the arguments in favour of handling business through Cabinet Committees . |
| 4 | The only complaint — and she was not really complaining against her uncle , perhaps I should rather say the cause for depression — was that from time to time she was very homesick and longed to see her mother and girls of her own age . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I should rather say it was something he inadvertently let fall that led me to believe there might be a legal case to answer . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd rather face up to things alone . |
| 7 | I 'd rather face the Moor , starvation and anything else , than see Manfro Draper again . |
| 8 | If they do come at us , I 'd rather face 'em out in the open . |
| 9 | I 'd rather throw her off the Empire State Building ! |
| 10 | What we need is to find a safe place soon , and I 'd rather succeed in doing what we can than fail to do what we ca n't . " |
| 11 | At first we just made conversation , but after a couple of drinks Reid looked at me thoughtfully , twiddling his half-empty glass , and said , ‘ There 's no reason not to tell you this , Kit , but since we 've got to work together , I 'd rather explain my mode of living before the old cats on the island — the European gossips — start telling you stories . |
| 12 | I 'd rather carry on in my own sweet way , and I 'd rather be in Stockholm . |
| 13 | But I 'd rather admire you and your friends than stones on a wall . " |
| 14 | That whole shopping trip was something I 'd rather draw a veil over , not because it was mildly larcenous ( okay , illegal ) but because my street cred would be severely dented if the saga got out . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd rather handle the negotiations myself . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd rather sit and do something like sewing even if it might be monotonous to someone else . |
| 17 | Given a straight choice , I 'd rather sit by a slug . |
| 18 | ‘ I must confess I 'd rather sit on and view the passing scene . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd rather fantasize on that . |
| 20 | Now with regard to that I 'd rather feel that were gon na be called on before then , because of the rumours about our own hospital . |
| 21 | I presume serfs are still living there and I 'd rather break in than see innocent people die of hunger while — ’ |
| 22 | Then I thought stuff that , I 'd rather go to Ibiza with my literary agent , Alison , and take some Ecstasy . |
| 23 | I 'd rather go home , but I du n no how to get there , and I do n't want to get lost . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd rather go to bed and read . ’ |
| 25 | Well I 'd rather go with grandma , rather than my mother . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not afraid of falling off , look you ; I love riding , ’ cried Deborah indignantly , ‘ and I 'd rather go home on horseback than by car . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd rather go back to work , ’ said Sarah . |
| 28 | I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd rather go to bed with you than see round any house , ’ she said . |