Example sentences of "[modal v] rather [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should rather keep company with Mrs Frere . |
| 2 | I 'm not really an emotional person at all , just because I 'd rather ignore emotion than confront it , so when it comes down to really heavy shit it kinda just breezes right by me . |
| 3 | The organiser , too , is a woman … though she 'd rather give pride of place at the air display to another female — Sally B , a B-17 bomber , star of the film Memphis Belle . |
| 4 | I do n't like football any more , I 'd rather do maths . |
| 5 | ‘ But if you 'd rather do this- ’ |
| 6 | We 'd rather make money . ’ |
| 7 | And I 'd rather use newspaper now rather than use use erm |
| 8 | I 'd rather use contraception , then know that I 'm going to become pregnant . |
| 9 | Well I 'd rather have clover than bloody moss . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's a joke , you understand — we 'd rather have money . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd rather have South America I think Andy |
| 12 | I 'd rather have breakfast here . |
| 13 | ‘ No thank you , I 'd rather have coffee — at least , I do n't want anything — I 'm not a bit hungry … ’ |
| 14 | And I 'd rather have coffee than tea … ’ |
| 15 | No I 'd rather have coffee . |
| 16 | Of course there 's just nobody , in a war , I 'd rather have fighting alongside me than the British … |
| 17 | It was on the tip of her tongue to say she 'd rather have dinner with a snake , but then she stopped . |
| 18 | She said nothing , then he added , ‘ Perhaps you 'd rather have Dawn . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd rather have tea , please , ’ she said politely . |
| 20 | I mean I 'd rather have tea , sorry , yeah . |
| 21 | I 'd rather spend money doing that before they go out than send them out and the bloody things to have to come back again . |
| 22 | ‘ Unless you 'd rather play tennis , that is . ’ |
| 23 | He 'd rather shave shop windows clean |
| 24 | We ca n't stop the change , I 'd rather become part of it . |
| 25 | By mid-April German soldiers were complaining in letters home of the high casualties suffered by their ration parties ; ‘ many would rather endure hunger than make these dangerous expeditions for food ’ General von Zwehl whose corps was to stay at Verdun , without relief , during the whole ten months the battle lasted , speaks of a special ‘ kind of psychosis ’ that infected his men there . |
| 26 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer was a little more friendly since he ‘ would rather give money for Education than throw it down the sink with Sir William Beveridge ’ . |
| 27 | Nick things that men who really love making love with women would rather grind flesh against flesh than fiddle about with straps and elastic . |
| 28 | Firstly , that if he could do so , he would rather bring joy than pain . |
| 29 | Many pupils who had left a schoolbook behind would rather risk punishment than walk through the dark room with the animals smiling as they watched you hunt for your things . |
| 30 | ‘ People generally would rather spend money on clothes because they feel they are noticed first . |