Example sentences of "you rather [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | WOULD N'T YOU RATHER TELL ME AGAIN ? |
2 | He said , ‘ Do you want to go to Benediction , Mo , or would you rather walk and talk ? |
3 | Once Nour had said to me , ‘ Margaret , would you like to be that man , burning all your life , or would you rather marry me ? ’ |
4 | Which would you rather talk to ? |
5 | ‘ Would n't you rather go for a ride this afternoon ? ’ |
6 | ‘ To keep Bones , would you rather go on with the competition ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Or would you rather go back to Water Gypsy and lie down ? ’ |
8 | ‘ I 'll call her if you like — or would you rather go up ? ’ |
9 | Now you 've had the , the benefit of hindsight which would you rather go with , the structured way or the , you know , the way you did it at the |
10 | Would you rather go on bus ? |
11 | Now would you rather answer my questions , or try explaining yourself to Marshal Davout at headquarters ? ’ |
12 | ‘ Well , would you rather stay here in this prison ? |
13 | or would you rather dance ? " |
14 | ‘ Would n't you rather sleep in a room ? |
15 | ‘ What would you rather do , watch colour television with me or an old black and white set with the Monster Raving Loony Party ? ’ |
16 | Would you be more comfortable if your partner maintained the cheque-book , or would you rather do it ? |
17 | Would you rather do this on a barnacled tidal ramp in a loaded plastic kayak or a loaded glassfibre kayak ? |
18 | ‘ I know , ’ he said tersely , then , slowing down , he asked , ‘ Which would you rather do — go back to the party or drive up on to the Downs overlooking the sea and take a little stroll ? ’ |
19 | What do you think now then , which would you rather do , differentiate or integrate ? |
20 | Would you rather do without the cushion ? |
21 | Well would you rather do that or have a conservatory ? |
22 | ‘ Would n't you rather meet in the lobby ? ’ |
23 | Which one would you rather hold ? |
24 | " No , " she said at last , " the lace corsage and the boned neck , a bit ageing , do n't you rather think ? " |
25 | What would you rather like to be doing ? , would you , if you 're bored here , what would you really liked to be ? |
26 | Do you want to check into a hostel just in case it rains or would you rather have another night in the park ? ’ |
27 | Which would you rather have in your garden — sticky clay or thin , hungry sand ? |
28 | Paddy retired virtually unhurt after a characteristic bit of Para boldness under fire : ‘ Who would you rather have as Foreign Secretary : David Steel or Gerald Kaufman ? ’ he demanded , inviting a show of hands . |
29 | Or would you rather have the security of knowing that , whenever in the years to come your employer may decide , for whatever reason , that you should go , you will be cushioned by a generous notice period which allows you to look for something else without the fear that very shortly the money will be running out ? |
30 | I shouted to Steve ‘ Hey Steve , would n't you rather have failed on this route than have succeeded on the Japanese Route ? ’ |