Example sentences of "rather [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No — please — I 'd rather not be moved . |
| 2 | It contained questions that most citizens , unaware that numbers did behave , would rather not be asked . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd rather not be tied down here . |
| 4 | Yeah , erm it certainly would n't do any harm , erm I 'd rather not be rung at work if that 's alright |
| 5 | what all that crap erm no thank you I 'd rather not be degraded like that . |
| 6 | I 'll get Annunziata to keep something hot in the kitchen and then if you 'd rather not be bothered with us tonight , you can have it there — or in bed , if that would be better , ’ said Julia , her heart feeling as though it were held in a tightening vice as she saw his misery . |