Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That whole shopping trip was something I 'd rather draw a veil over , not because it was mildly larcenous ( okay , illegal ) but because my street cred would be severely dented if the saga got out . |
| 2 | What would you rather have — a charge or a general thinning out of staffing levels — and almost unanimously it was ‘ We 'd rather pay a reasonable charge ’ . |
| 3 | I 'd rather dodge a man than a stoat or a fox . " |
| 4 | I would n't be seen dead in a navy suit and I 'd rather give a peck on the cheek than a mock-male handshake . |
| 5 | After that I might do some washing — I 'd rather do a little each day than a large amount at once . |
| 6 | Harbury rattled on : ‘ I know he 'd rather make a statement later on and give it simultaneously to everyone . |
| 7 | So I said I did n't want to deal through somebody who was n't really gon na be fighting in our corner , and I 'd rather put a paper to their committee an and tell them where the problems were , and ask how they were gon na get round them . |
| 8 | Are you really saying that you 'd rather see a rubbish tip than fairways ? ’ |
| 9 | a cream , yeah , a cream telly you know , oh I 'll have that one he says when you sell it , oh Christ almighty , I thought I was , excuse me perhaps I , I would like a teletext one , just get , you know I do n't want , I 'm not sort I do n't like the colour , I 'd rather see a white one in the corner |
| 10 | So do n't come to me offering shares , because I 'd rather die a pauper than soil my hands with the blood that 's on your money , and there 's the truth o n't . |
| 11 | To enter , just send your name and address , together with your caption and choice of video — Derby or Forest — to : I 'D RATHER WIN A VILLA VIDEO COMP , ZZAP ! . |
| 12 | That looks a pretty good job , sweeping the floor , though I 'd rather have a go on the sweeping machine . |
| 13 | You 'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known , would n't you ? |
| 14 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 15 | I 'd tell my husband I 'd rather have a change of holiday and not go with our friends . |
| 16 | But we 'd rather have a major scare that turned out to be a false alarm than the real thing and a late start , sir . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd rather have a turkey ! ’ |
| 18 | ( I sha n't — he said he 'd rather have a drawing of mine , in any case . ) |
| 19 | I 'd rather have a racist straight up and on the rocks any day . |
| 20 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 21 | we 'd rather have a cigarette in our hands . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd rather have a corned beef sandwich . ’ |
| 23 | I think that 's the best bet , but I 'd rather , no I think I 'd rather have a or |
| 24 | I 'd rather have a couple hours |
| 25 | No I like , I like I 'd , I 'd rather have a |
| 26 | I 'd rather have a meal would n't you ? |
| 27 | but I mean I 'd rather have a Calibre than that definitely |
| 28 | I 'd rather have a rat in the house than a dog |
| 29 | A fucking cake , I 'd rather have a bottle of Gin I 'd prefer to that . |
| 30 | If you 'd rather have a cold drink |