Example sentences of "would [adv] have " 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 | You 'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known , would n't you ? |
| 3 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 4 | I do n't want to spend too long — there 's a lot else to do in London and I 'd rather have the autopsy before I ask too many questions . |
| 5 | ‘ We tried to install modern conveniences but they 'd rather have typhoid than aqueducts . ’ |
| 6 | He 'd rather have had warm feet at that moment . |
| 7 | ‘ I should think she 'd rather have had sixpence instead of the fond farewell . |
| 8 | ‘ No thank you , I 'd rather have coffee — at least , I do n't want anything — I 'm not a bit hungry … ’ |
| 9 | And you must believe me when I tell you I 'd rather have been with you than in any of those exotic places . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I sometimes use an ambient mic on guitars , but I find that it can make things sound a bit too boxy and I 'd rather have the choice on the mix if I want to add a bit of ambience . |
| 12 | I 'd tell my husband I 'd rather have a change of holiday and not go with our friends . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | She 'd rather have caught pneumonia and died . |
| 15 | And Hardy 's were probably the best known fishing tackle shop in the world and it got into the hands of one of the Hardy 's brothers and he said , ‘ May we market it under your name ? ’ and I said , ‘ My God , I 'd rather have that than a knighthood ’ — this was some years ago — and then Hardy 's were rationalized , which means of course that everything costs twice as much and there was n't as much in the shop . |
| 16 | I remember feeling a bit disappointed as I went to school on the morning of my birthday — I 'd rather have stayed home and finished the aviary . |
| 17 | ‘ If there 's coffee , I 'd rather have that , please . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd rather have given the bastards the cab ranks than see Antney dead . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd rather have the good luck tonight , I thought , as I resumed my walk to the clubhouse . |
| 20 | I 'd rather have it doing that than lifting the front and shaking its head . ’ |
| 21 | I 'd rather have the hit off dikes any day , but smack was easier to get hold of , so I got into that instead . |
| 22 | I expect when he was a little boy he 'd rather have had a Bible for his birthday than anything else in the world , even a bicycle . |
| 23 | I 'd rather have had a knife . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd rather have a turkey ! ’ |
| 25 | It was n't a role he was particularly keen on — he 'd rather have been a pilot . |
| 26 | I 'd rather have something there that I can look at and take hold of ideas , and actually get to grips with something that 's actually there . |
| 27 | I knew you 'd rather have been off on your own , if it had n't been for the children . |
| 28 | Well I 'd rather have more to do than have less to cos |
| 29 | I was n't too impressed with this — I 'd rather have seen a film — but Andy thought it was all right , so I did too . |
| 30 | I think she 'd rather have something full-length . ’ |