Example sentences of "rather [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meal was finished , his father had returned to the newspaper , rather deflated at his family 's lack of appreciation of his vice-presidency , and his mother had finished her ice cream and was rising from the table . |
| 2 | It must all sound rather tame to today 's children , but it was a happy time ; a time of predictable routine , which gave us a sense of security . |
| 3 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 4 | They would far rather think of it as realising their strengths and weaknesses . |
| 5 | We do rather think of ourselves in this area as ‘ Medaus out in the sticks ’ , being a long way from the hub , so to speak . |
| 6 | The political historian , raised from the cradle to insist on the importance of chronology and context , would rather think in terms of intellectual biography . |
| 7 | I hate to say this but I do rather think from the bruising that someone did it to him . ’ |
| 8 | But he lacks unction ; he rather plays with his text |
| 9 | The suggestion put forward by Hall and Schachtman was that the dishabituation observed in their experiment was not the consequence of a failure of input and representation to match , but rather depended on a change in level of arousal . |
| 10 | Christmas dinner rather depended on the weather . |
| 11 | Of course , that rather depended on who was coming ; he did n't know the footsteps . |
| 12 | Somerset 's arrest in 1549 did not , as many expected , return the conservatives to power , but rather led to the primacy of John Dudley , Duke of Northumberland , who in alliance with Archbishop Cranmer eliminated the remaining conservatives from the council . |
| 13 | Nice flavour , but rather overloaded with nuts and cherries . |
| 14 | Either way , these next two or three days are bound to be both difficult and rather demanding for you . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd rather stay under my own roof . |
| 16 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 17 | For those who would rather stay at home |
| 18 | Many of the world 's travellers would rather stay at home . |
| 19 | I 'd rather stay with mother and become a real old maid . |
| 20 | When she 'd thrown the challenge at him a part of her had wanted him to refuse to go , had wanted him to say he 'd rather stay with her . |
| 21 | He says he would rather stay with mum . |
| 22 | The crumple-faced star — known for his love of the good life — once said : ‘ I 'd rather stay in the second line . |
| 23 | I 'd rather stay in the Brotherhood and try to persuade them to adopt the national agreements . ’ |
| 24 | I would rather stay in Leith I 'm afraid but |
| 25 | ‘ But , because I am relatively young , I still have the option of aiming for line management , though I would have to decide whether I would rather stay in contact with the patients . ’ |
| 26 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Really I 'd rather stay in my room . ’ |
| 28 | But the family say they 'd rather stay in temporary digs . |
| 29 | The majority of elderly people would far rather stay in their own homes rather than live in residential homes , however good that home may be . |
| 30 | ‘ Being so close to Merseyside is a disadvantage , because a lot of Liverpool lads would rather stay in their area where there 's such a good standard than travel into Wales . ’ |