Example sentences of "[vb base] i [modal v] rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know they all have but I mean I 'd rather have the ordinary names and then |
| 2 | As they say erm whether they were thinking , Well we will starve them on the gate out and they 'll have to come back , that 's another situation but erm I never thought we 'd have so much support from people and we can still erm I mean I 'd rather be back at work but erm that is the situation . |
| 3 | Well no I 'm not actually back to the centimetre cost I do n't agree with the centimetre argument er the centimetre argument I mean I 'd rather have one good solid paragraph which |
| 4 | I mean I 'd rather have tea , sorry , yeah . |
| 5 | I mean I 'd rather leave it if I can until it does |
| 6 | but I mean I 'd rather have a Calibre than that definitely |
| 7 | You say I 'd rather have |
| 8 | ‘ If I ca n't do what I want I 'd rather call this whole thing off . ’ |
| 9 | Social reform was very worthy , of course , but I confess I 'd rather hear about the battles . |
| 10 | And I 've said that you know I 'd rather it was on the soft but whether it will get |
| 11 | Quite surprisingly , Matilda said , ‘ If you do n't mind , Miss Honey , I think I would rather not . |
| 12 | There are so many versions of it already , and now does n't seem the right time to do it — I think I would rather wait until I was more established , and have something different to say about it . ’ |
| 13 | I think I 'd rather live in the park than go to the smelly old place . |
| 14 | ‘ If what you say is true , ’ I said , ‘ I think I 'd rather stay here . |
| 15 | I think I 'd rather watch Chelsea ! |
| 16 | Then , raising his hands and giving a piercing shriek , he added : ‘ Actually , I think I 'd rather like the lead role in Home Alone 3 . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think I 'd rather hang out with U2 ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think I 'd rather climb ladders than sit at a checkout . ’ |
| 19 | I think I 'd rather leave that up to the private sector . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I 'd rather stay here because it 's fixed now , but I do n't really like comprehensive schools that much . |
| 21 | Because if you 're thinking of nipping back a century or two and uncreating this interesting aberration of yours , I think I 'd rather be somewhere else at the moment of uncreation , if it 's all the same to you . ’ |
| 22 | On balance , though , if I were Burnham , I think I 'd rather stand accused of Intent to Titillate than Gross Inattention . |
| 23 | If you were the last woman left alive on this bloody earth , I think I 'd rather do it for myself . |
| 24 | I think I 'd rather have my Tagamet because of that |
| 25 | ‘ I think I 'd rather you lingered a while yet . |
| 26 | I think I 'd rather stand to that one , than I would , of like standing to the Czechoslovakian one , which seemed to go on and on and on . |
| 27 | I think I would actually like to pursue that point Group Captain but I I think I 'd rather pursue it in in the closed session than an open session . |
| 28 | Yes but I 'm not sure , I think I 'd rather phone him first if |
| 29 | ‘ Actually I think I 'd rather like it . |
| 30 | I think that 's the best bet , but I 'd rather , no I think I 'd rather have a or |