Example sentences of "would rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been said of him that he would rather live in his native country , and not be allowed to publish , than go elsewhere and be free to do so . |
| 2 | Which is rather like saying that slum-dwellers would rather live in the slums than anywhere else — there they are in the slums , are n't they ? |
| 3 | All knowledge of life and lives , and indeed of history , is a good in itself , and seems likely to inform literary intelligence ; and in addition Amis 's novels would rather confuse if thought to be the work of an early Tudor writer . |
| 4 | Throughout history you come across stacks of politicians who would rather let any number of people suffer than admit to one lousy mistake of their own — they 're in all parties , not just our current lot . ’ |
| 5 | They would rather watch American football on television ; at least we import success . |
| 6 | I WOULD rather take my children into the main bar or lounge of a pub and expect them to sit sensibly and reasonably quietly so that we can all relax , drink , talk and eat in a proper pub atmosphere . |
| 7 | I would rather have no bolts and the romantic ethic — leave it for the next generation if it requires a bolt . |
| 8 | She says she would rather die than do that again . |
| 9 | But a time arrives when you would rather do almost anything rather than sit in a stuffy fringe theatre on a Saturday night with a dozen heads all nodding aggrievedly in agreement on how South Africa is now really rather a nasty place . |
| 10 | ‘ I would rather it had n't been him , but he 's done it plenty of times to me , ’ was the answer . |
| 11 | There is one scene in which the straight-guy Suwelo refuses to push a cart to the shops , he would rather go by car ; pushing a cart makes him feel un-manned . |
| 12 | Ask yourself which politician you would rather be this fortnight , Chris Patten or Nigel Lawson , and the answer is easy : John Smith . |
| 13 | His mother would rather he studied . |
| 14 | Hearn and Doyle , whose players won over 70 per cent of the prize money on the WPBSA circuit last year , would rather see greater efficiency and cost effectiveness . |
| 15 | They would rather mount their own bid . |
| 16 | ‘ I would rather make pragmatic progress than theoretical progress . ’ |
| 17 | Instead , the UK accountancy bodies would rather see the Commission adopt the guidelines of the International Accounting Standards Committee ( IASC ) , which has been working progressively towards the international harmonisation of the rules by which companies report . |
| 18 | It soundslike a fast , powerful car , and many would rather that than silence . |
| 19 | As part of a sexual sub-culture which conservative America would rather did not exist — but fears to attack in the open — Mapplethorpe was an obvious target for the new Know Nothings . |
| 20 | The political historian , raised from the cradle to insist on the importance of chronology and context , would rather think in terms of intellectual biography . |
| 21 | In a flash of unusual sentimentality , Wexford thought he would rather be dead than be the man about whom a daughter could say such things . |
| 22 | He would rather have died . |
| 23 | But the rest of his appeal was lost as Erika pushed past him and stood at the end of the bus , well aware that Paul would rather postpone his appeal than stand the two slow lurching miles to the club . |
| 24 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 25 | To take stock , to recharge his batteries , and there is no place on earth he would rather do it than in the Highlands of Scotland . |
| 26 | ‘ We would rather pay for designer labels than go to high street shops . ’ |
| 27 | In an ideal world , there would be no need for either , but for now I would rather see the frustration expressed in these light-hearted terms than in the sort of man-hating bitterness that has given feminism such a bad name . |
| 28 | We would rather have no help at all than continue to do that . ’ |
| 29 | Morrissey is a paradigm of a certain kind of ethereal , inhibited masculinity that would rather live in dreams than risk being disappointed by reality . |
| 30 | But anyway , in the end she was fired and her last act was to send a memo to Tony DeFries , the contents of which I would rather not go into . |