Example sentences of "rather have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm well really it 's just what I said , it 's er roughly speaking it 's when er a string of words does n't have the meaning you 'd expect on the basis of the standard semantics of the language , but rather has a fixed different meaning and whenever there 's any apparent structure in it , I E several words , er , their , their normal meanings are irrelevant which is the meaning of the whole phrase . |
| 2 | That looks a pretty good job , sweeping the floor , though I 'd rather have a go on the sweeping machine . |
| 3 | You 'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known , would n't you ? |
| 4 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 5 | I would rather have a little shop , a holiday home and be getting married and having kids . |
| 6 | Although of course I would rather have a Pissarro . |
| 7 | In the first flush of youthful passion , and in the imminence of war , Leslie had vowed that he would rather have a few years with me than eternal life without me . |
| 8 | Now would you not rather have a Poem , however imperfect , than a plate of cucumber sandwiches , however even , however delicately salted , however exquisitely fine-cut ? |
| 9 | But when the chips are down and he 's feeling blue , Charlie sees himself as ‘ The Maryhill Hermit ’ , a victim of his public image , and a man who would rather have a quiet night with the wife than a night out with the wild bunch . |
| 10 | My reply is that there are many on the dole who do not share this view and who would far rather have a job . |
| 11 | Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep , than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia . |
| 12 | However , there are those who take the view that , on the day of the actual birthday , they would rather have a smaller celebration with the immediate family . |
| 13 | I 'd tell my husband I 'd rather have a change of holiday and not go with our friends . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | More than half would rather have a shorter summer break and more holidays at other times . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd rather have a turkey ! ’ |
| 17 | I had planned to buy a flat with Geraldine but realized that if — no , when — John came back I would rather have a home all set up for him . |
| 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 | I 'd much rather have a plain name I know what they 're talking about then . |
| 22 | Would you rather have a woman on the throne of England ? ’ |
| 23 | we 'd rather have a cigarette in our hands . |
| 24 | I feel that in some senses it becomes almost about a certain strain of purity — that we would rather have a demonstration of 50 people on maybe a fuller , total political programme , than we would a demonstration of 50,000 people on maybe more limited aims but nevertheless political aims that we do feel carry us forward , but which could draw into activity a broader range of people . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd rather have a corned beef sandwich . ’ |
| 26 | I 'll run you home ; or would you rather have a brandy ? ’ |
| 27 | Well what I would what I would do erm I would rather have a commitment for a date to start when you go out of here and if you say if you 've got if you 've got something that comes up then fine . |
| 28 | But he 'd still much rather have a new pair of football boots at Christmas . |
| 29 | Do n't you , almost , you can almost hear behind the text saying , would n't you rather have a woman like that |
| 30 | Would n't you rather have a woman with a mind of her own ? |