Example sentences of "'d [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd rather forget all about last night , ’ she continued coldly , trying to avoid the mockery in his narrowed eyes . |
| 2 | They do n't like to be tied down to certain types of delay ; they 'd rather leave that sort of decision until the mix . ’ |
| 3 | I think I 'd rather leave that up to the private sector . |
| 4 | I 'd rather do that than kill the Hydra . |
| 5 | He says , I 'd rather do that . |
| 6 | They 'd rather do that than having to piece twelve quarter then you 've got to have join the bit then all the pattern that will be matching exactly er you 'll use more . |
| 7 | I mean , God , you know if I 've got ta go down to London for three days I 'd rather do that cos it 's gon na earn me two or three grand . |
| 8 | They keep a list of it and when overtime comes back , see I 'll have to make it up then , I 'd rather do that than re-arrange all my stuff just for that , I usually come in seven o'clock |
| 9 | ‘ If it means that , I 'd rather do all that running an' swimming and stuff ! |
| 10 | I have n't got any , they wo , I could n't get any fresh parsley so I thought that might just give it a bit of colour , but I 've got dried parsley if you 'd rather use that . |
| 11 | I 'd rather like that . |
| 12 | I 'd rather pick this one because it makes life easier , you can see |
| 13 | And Hardy 's were probably the best known fishing tackle shop in the world and it got into the hands of one of the Hardy 's brothers and he said , ‘ May we market it under your name ? ’ and I said , ‘ My God , I 'd rather have that than a knighthood ’ — this was some years ago — and then Hardy 's were rationalized , which means of course that everything costs twice as much and there was n't as much in the shop . |
| 14 | ‘ If there 's coffee , I 'd rather have that , please . |
| 15 | I 'd rather have that than nothing at |
| 16 | I 'd rather have that shape you can cut . |
| 17 | You 'd rather have that than the you know |
| 18 | one week in Spain , I 'd rather have that two week 's in Australia would n't you ? |
| 19 | that 's the , actually , actually I 'd rather have that best , that 's the third prize two week 's in |
| 20 | I 'd rather have that then I tell you |
| 21 | Well I 'd rather have more to do than have less to cos |
| 22 | I 've come to terms with it , it does n't bother whether I 've got it or not , but to be honest I 'd rather have more hair than I do now . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd rather have another drink , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 24 | ‘ If I ca n't do what I want I 'd rather call this whole thing off . ’ |
| 25 | We 'd rather lose some riders than have any dissatisfied because they chose the wrong holiday . |
| 26 | I 'd rather fill this page with angry letters attacking people who are entertained/moved by fascism , racism , homophobia , whether it 's Morrissey ‘ exploring its fascination ’ or someone scooping out their own shit and trying to sell it to us as ‘ common sense ’ , than have another letter like yours , the first half ( not printed here , lucky readers ) of which is something incomprehensible about The Wedding Present — DQ |
| 27 | Particularly as normally he 'd rather run that mile than chat up a nurse ! |
| 28 | I 'd rather take that approach , and what I would suggest is that , wherever possible , teachers should think about involving parents in the kinds of difficulties that the child is having in school , and thereby becomes a team effort rather than parents working one direction and perhaps teachers working in another . |
| 29 | Yeah stand yeah stand anywhere and fellow with his er little monkey on and children as you know asking the gentleman all sorts of questions about his monkey , you know , and the monkey 'd all dance all sorts of tricks on it you know and the kiddies used to laugh and that . |
| 30 | You know when things got fresh she 'd perhaps have enough for all week or till you went on the Tuesday , you see , yeah . |