Example sentences of "[pron] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still had five , and I had rather expected something of the kind might happen . |
| 2 | But I tell you Minnie , for all the independence , I had rather have my old job back and be in service with Mrs Browning . |
| 3 | ‘ I had rather have the certainties of middle-age , ma'am . ’ |
| 4 | John Poole 's temper can not have been improved when he announced the news of Robespierre 's execution , reported in that day 's Western Flying Post , and prompted from Southey the Histrionic cry , ‘ I had rather have heard the death of my own father . ’ |
| 5 | As in example , the Theban Crates flung all his possessions into the sea saying I had rather drown you than you should drown me . |
| 6 | Before visiting the remote north , I had rather expected the folk there to be rough , uncouth , possibly even hostile . |
| 7 | ‘ I had rather expected before I went that I might not be taken seriously as a woman . |
| 8 | Never having foreseen James would suddenly develop a sense of extra-office responsibility for me , I had rather let myself go describing the flat of a rich friend which allayed James 's earlier mild concern about where I was living . |
| 9 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 10 | PAMELA : Your honour will forgive me , but as you have no lady to wait upon , and my dear lady being dead these many months , I had rather , if it would not displease you , wait upon Lady Davers because … |
| 11 | BELVILLE : I had rather so than perfecting my Pamela in it . |
| 12 | I had rather formal notions of desire . |
| 13 | ‘ I had rather a rough passage with Canon Wheeler over the sermon , ’ she said , and explained . |
| 14 | ‘ I had rather you did not feed sheep . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I had rather do that , ’ she said . |
| 16 | ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small . |
| 17 | Erm I had rather thought that that you had been given erm sufficient information already to perhaps make a straightforward simple strategic choice between between districts . |
| 18 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 19 | An interest in music that I had rather forgotten about until the thought of Millie in the lane reminded me . |
| 20 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 21 | I had rather hoped that the legendary West Highland dilatoriness would have prevented anything much happening for years , but instead the scheme is going ahead fast . |
| 22 | Luckily , my sister had moved to within five minutes walking distance of my office so I had somewhere comfortable to go — which was a great help . |
| 23 | Wish I had somewhere to hide . |
| 24 | I felt as if I had singlehandedly wrecked San Francisco . |
| 25 | How I had gloriously saved his son and heir . |
| 26 | I had nearly got to the front door when Father appeared at the top of the stairs . |
| 27 | I had nearly got myself killed back there : what on earth did I think I was playing at ? |
| 28 | I had nearly drowned , just lost the largest trout I was ever likely to see , and she asks if I am having fun ? |
| 29 | I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once . |
| 30 | For what good it was going to do me , I was fairly sure that these two were on the other end of the lead poisoning Connors and I had nearly contracted . |