Example sentences of "'d [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd most like the NI to produce issues on : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But I 'd rather pay the lot I tell you . |
| 4 | She 'd rather invest the money . |
| 5 | I 'd rather dodge a man than a stoat or a fox . " |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 'd rather face the Moor , starvation and anything else , than see Manfro Draper again . |
| 8 | ‘ Or perhaps you 'd rather finish the book and then come ? ’ |
| 9 | Harbury rattled on : ‘ I know he 'd rather make a statement later on and give it simultaneously to everyone . |
| 10 | Thanks but no-thanks , we 'd rather make the programme we want to , despite the horrendous budget problems . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd rather handle the negotiations myself . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I 'd I 'd rather put the definition first , and have it develop |
| 14 | We 'd rather fling the money in their faces as a mark of defiance by our readers . |
| 15 | Then , raising his hands and giving a piercing shriek , he added : ‘ Actually , I think I 'd rather like the lead role in Home Alone 3 . ’ |
| 16 | Are you really saying that you 'd rather see a rubbish tip than fairways ? ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ! . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd rather have a turkey ! ’ |
| 20 | You 'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known , would n't you ? |
| 21 | I 'd tell my husband I 'd rather have a change of holiday and not go with our friends . |
| 22 | That looks a pretty good job , sweeping the floor , though I 'd rather have a go on the sweeping machine . |
| 23 | A fucking cake , I 'd rather have a bottle of Gin I 'd prefer to that . |
| 24 | I 'd rather have a couple hours |
| 25 | but I mean I 'd rather have a Calibre than that definitely |
| 26 | I 'd rather have a racist straight up and on the rocks any day . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | we 'd rather have a cigarette in our hands . |
| 29 | I 'd rather have a meal would n't you ? |
| 30 | If the worst came to the worst and we did get another president , I would do it , but I 'd rather have a break for a little while . |