Example sentences of "you 'd rather " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's tea in the kitchen and a drink if ye 'd rather . ’ |
| 2 | You 'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known , would n't you ? |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd rather I was like Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 'd rather not move , OK . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 'd rather , we wo n't talk about it , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I have some plain ones too if you 'd rather . ’ |
| 7 | No , I 'll offer you no advice , for you 'd rather be damned than heed it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Or perhaps you 'd rather finish the book and then come ? ’ |
| 9 | You never know , you might find out something you 'd rather not know . ’ |
| 10 | If you 'd rather not spend your valuable evenings slaving over a hot stove take a look at Cosmopolitan After-work Cookbook . |
| 11 | If you 're confronted on the phone by someone you 'd rather not speak to , or asked to name a price or give information you 're not ready to give , then always ask if you can call back later . |
| 12 | And at any time if you decide you 'd rather be in government bonds than in , say , stock market shares , just let us know . |
| 13 | Finally , what about those things that you know need a good clean , but you 'd rather just forget ? |
| 14 | ‘ Unless you 'd rather play tennis , that is . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , if you 'd rather be a big fish in a very small pool , that 's up to you , I suppose . |
| 16 | You can rid of the ‘ DO — IT ! ’ at the end of you 'd rather check it manually . |
| 17 | ( If you 'd rather write , their address is ) . |
| 18 | The Queen should not , in your opinion , abdicate in favour of Prince Charles ( 61% ) , and those of you who answered the question , ‘ Is there any member of the Royal family you 'd rather see as the future king/queen ? ’ , chose the Princess Royal ( placing her way out ahead of the Princess of Wales ) . |
| 19 | Though I suppose you 'd rather go to Scotland and be with your mother . ’ |
| 20 | " I probably will , just for a while , unless you 'd rather I did n't . " |
| 21 | ‘ You 'd rather like me to marry Lewis , do n't you ? ’ , |
| 22 | ‘ You 'd rather be up against androids ? ’ |
| 23 | I knew you 'd rather have been off on your own , if it had n't been for the children . |
| 24 | " You 'd rather not , " he mimicked , and shook his head impatiently . |
| 25 | If you 're keeping your spouse because you have the assets and he or she does n't , there 's no good leaving nothing to the spouse , unless that spouse is rich in his or her own right Rich in comparative terms , then there may be good reasons not to live him or her anything because you 'd rather leave it to the children . |
| 26 | Plus , of course , you might have time to get over to her and hit her , knock her out before she could even gather a decent breath , but it 's dangerous , edge-working stuff and you 'd rather not have to think about that . |
| 27 | She 's traumatised and dehydrated but otherwise unharmed but he 's got soul brother 's limbs where his own ought to be ; necrosis like frostbite , blood-death at the extremities but the extremities start at shoulder and groin ; he 's alive but if you were him you 'd rather not be . |
| 28 | You 'd rather be doing your job than anything else in the world . |
| 29 | You could n't bring yourself to punish me when I was a child and guilty of all manner of things … you 'd rather punish poor little Beth , would n't you , eh ? |
| 30 | ‘ You 'd rather I tossed you off ? ’ |