Example sentences of "would have prefer have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Shamir would have preferred to have formed a broad coalition government with Labour , but this became impossible for him in view of statements made by Labour Ministers suggesting that they supported contacts with the PLO , and in view of pressure from hardline Likud members such as Ariel Sharon to form a right-wing government . |
| 4 | I would have preferred to have lit torches but Benjamin was against this . |
| 5 | ‘ I would have preferred to have invited you to a waitress service lunch over there of course . ’ |
| 6 | i would have preferred to have seen different brands compared in the main text , which concentrates instead on a very personal and traditionalist viewpoint . |
| 7 | Consequently , some experimental predestinarians would only associate with sub-groups of the elect within the established church , while others like William Bradshaw would have preferred to have limited communicant membership of the visible , national church solely to the elect . |
| 8 | In operational planning , the Declaration of Common Purpose , which Macmillan would have preferred to have called the Declaration of Interdependence , led to even closer relations between the British and American air forces . |
| 9 | ‘ I would have preferred to have given them a run chase but I then decided we had to be positive and get whatever we could out of the match , ’ said Moxon . |
| 10 | Ironically , there were some respondents who said that they would have preferred to have kept on working in order to remain healthy . |
| 11 | On the other hand , there were those who gave up work reluctantly and would have preferred to have kept on working , but for reasons of health or lack of alternative employment chose early retirement . |
| 12 | This account is now generally accepted , although some historians still suggest that Elizabeth herself would have preferred to have reintroduced the 1549 Prayer Book , had she been able to enlist any support for this move from her lay and clerical advisers at court . |
| 13 | The judge complimented Keith on his very professional titling and presentation of the exhibition but said he would have preferred to have judged them loose , before they were hung . |
| 14 | Rather than dropping his company 's commission bearing charge completely , he would have preferred to have reduced it and moved it from the front to the back end of his unit trusts — that is , charging investors as they leave the fund rather than as they enter . |