Example sentences of "'d [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I 'd rather be sitting in a car than standing on a crowded platform , but there was n't much in the way of light relief on the radio . |
| 2 | Sue Lawley ‘ Sometimes I 'd rather be ironing … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Sometimes I 'd rather be ironing ’ |
| 4 | From the gal who swore she 'd rather be dragged across a plain by wild horses than wear lipgloss , this comes as something of a surprise . |
| 5 | I 'd Rather Be Famous , by Pete Johnson ( Methuen , £4.95 ) might seem like candy-floss in comparison but this book is sardonic in its view of romance and the dreams of telly fame that follow an appearance in a Blind Date type of show . |
| 6 | I 'd rather be seen as a big brother than a juicy sex symbol . |
| 7 | I 'd rather be a street sweeper . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ I said , ‘ I 'd rather be slashed here , than there ! ’ |
| 9 | No , I 'll offer you no advice , for you 'd rather be damned than heed it . ’ |
| 10 | Still I 'd rather be famous than righteous or holy , anyday , anyday , anyday . ’ |
| 11 | It 's merely that if there 's more than 50 of them feeling it simultaneously on the same summit then I 'd rather be somewhere else . |
| 12 | I 'd rather be a paid-up churchgoer with a sense of pride in myself and my family than a part-time schizophrenic who lives her life in a fog of garbled third-hand mysticism and a building that houses goats , chickens and , from the feel of it , fleas like small sharks . |
| 13 | ‘ I know , but I 'd rather be left alone down here . |
| 14 | True Confessions in 1981 was an attempt at getting my stage nerve back after a disastrous premature version of Blood and Ice , my first try at a real play , went on in the studio of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry ( ‘ I 'd rather be at the dentist — Birmingham Evening News ’ ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Naah , I say rush it ! ’ laughs Bryan ; ‘ I 'd rather be sitting on a beach any day … ’ |
| 16 | FACE , a new self-help group for women with hair they 'd rather be without , aims to provide information and counselling about hirsutism . |
| 17 | But he 'd rather be an Ibrox sub than a top team star with any side south of the border . |
| 18 | And at any time if you decide you 'd rather be in government bonds than in , say , stock market shares , just let us know . |
| 19 | She pointed to the sleek white pleasure yacht which I had seen lying at anchor at the foot of the small hill , and chaffed Baker , ‘ I always have the feeling he 'd rather be on the water than on dry land . |
| 20 | Having just spent a few nights in a major-accident ward , I 'd rather be late than hurry . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There 's other people I 'd rather be . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , if you 'd rather be a big fish in a very small pool , that 's up to you , I suppose . |
| 23 | If crazy Jake can leave it , so can I , and I 'd rather be mad like him than sane like that lot in Wickrithe ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 'd rather be up against androids ? ’ |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | If I had my choice , I 'd rather be left to work something out myself ; instead of it all being set up and you just walk in and take measurements , go away and analyse them , you 'd have to go in and set it all up , then you 'd really learn something . |
| 27 | I said , " That 's very kind of you , Mavis , and of course I 'll pay you for the gin , but if you do n't mind I 'd rather be alone . |
| 28 | You 'd rather be doing your job than anything else in the world . |
| 29 | I 'd rather be out and about , finding my customers in the market-square or the boulevard . ’ |
| 30 | I was offered this amazing job in London , but I felt no , I 've got plenty of time , I 'd rather be with her until she goes to secondary school . |