Example sentences of "would have preferred [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis , who watched my part of the show every night , would often give me odd notes on inflections he 'd have preferred done another way or phrasing he thought I could improve on . |
| 2 | On balance he 'd have preferred to have seen them take on a top world fast bowler to ease the new-ball burden on him — as indeed they intended before negotiations with Australia 's Craig McDermott broke down months before the start of the season — but sees at least one advantage in having a star batsman rather than bowler . |
| 3 | Very briefly , I would 've preferred to have seen a contract based on the end performance with the grass being cut to a structured length . |
| 4 | We would have preferred to choose them all as the German Rose of Tralee , ’ |
| 5 | But they did educate the public on a subject which it would have preferred to ignore . |
| 6 | The buoyant economy at the end of the eighties of course helped in part by increasing road congestion , forcing many to take the train who would have preferred to drive . |
| 7 | British and American scientists say they would have preferred to wait longer before restarting ROSAT . |
| 8 | These business obligations made her feel impatient and frustrated : she would have preferred to spend her time working m her cosmetics business . |
| 9 | But he would have preferred to spend the extra time in bed none the less . |
| 10 | While she would have preferred to manage alone , Ashley did not relish slip-sliding down the slope in an undignified arm-flailing fashion , nor on her bottom . |
| 11 | Afterwards , she felt very much let down by the family 's decision , saying she would have preferred to die rather than live in such a disabled condition . |
| 12 | Most patients ( 718/769 ) would have preferred to use postcoital contraception than experience an unplanned pregnancy . |
| 13 | He would have preferred to lead into the topic more subtly , but did not wish his Uncle to overhear the discussion . |
| 14 | Only two North Yorkshire clubs found grounds playable on Saturday and both no doubt would have preferred to watch England live on television after their matches ended in defeat . |
| 15 | Angels — or ‘ angelicals ’ as he would have preferred to call them in his strange idiolect — were as real to him as omnibuses or mortgage repayments — and far more likely to obtrude into his consciousness . |
| 16 | He would have preferred Grégoire to go to school and mix with other children . |
| 17 | On these grounds she would have preferred to give all selected schools £4,000 rather than select generally mediocre candidates into two categories . |
| 18 | When Spiro Agnew had been forced to resign in 1973 , President Nixon would have preferred to appoint as vice-president the renegade Democrat , John Connally . |
| 19 | He would have preferred holding her back but that could n't be done without her getting frightened that something bad had happened . |
| 20 | ‘ Be quiet , child , ’ said Philip , laying a hand restrainingly on Harry 's arm , though he would have preferred to lay it about his ears if he could have had him to himself for a moment . |
| 21 | This was very sensible advice since such was the popularity of Coronation Street that a great many people would have preferred to view it than to exercise any electoral function . |
| 22 | Edberg defeated Cash in a quality final which many , I suspect , would have preferred to see as the final itself . |
| 23 | All tidy and comfortable , though she would have preferred to see a little color about the place . |
| 24 | It is true that a substantial body of opinion in various parts of the world would have preferred to see whether relying on sanctions for longer would have brought about Iraq 's withdrawal . |
| 25 | Yet all were critical of the commitment to the Flanders theatre , would have preferred to see some land forces redeployed in Spain , and saw the blue-water policy as central . |
| 26 | I would have preferred to see its replacement with a fixed housing allowance of limited term , and possibly on a more generous scale , for first time buyers only and those who have bought their houses in the last few years ; that should be coupled with the extension of housing benefit , which is limited to the rented sector , to low income home owners who have difficulty in meeting their mortgage payments . |
| 27 | I would have preferred to see its replacement with a fixed housing allowance of limited term , and possibly on a more generous scale , for first time buyers only and those who have bought their houses in the last few years ; that should be coupled with the extension of housing benefit , which is limited to the rented sector , to low-income home owners who have difficulty in meeting their mortgage payments . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , ’ Karl smiled , ‘ I would have preferred to go sooner but yes I can stay . |
| 29 | For , while her pride was up in arms that plainly Ven would have preferred to take someone else out to dinner — had that ‘ someone else ’ been free — what was really getting to Fabia was nothing but common-or-garden , out-and-out jealousy . |
| 30 | To a differing degree , all the Gospels portray Pontius Pilate , the Governor of Judaea from 26 to 36 AD , as a man who was reluctant to condemn Jesus and who would have preferred to set him free . |