Example sentences of "would [adv] have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd rather have a corned beef sandwich . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 4 | If you 'd rather have a cold drink |
| 5 | I 'd rather have the good luck tonight , I thought , as I resumed my walk to the clubhouse . |
| 6 | I know they all have but I mean I 'd rather have the ordinary names and then |
| 7 | I 'd rather have the thinner ones . |
| 8 | They 'd , they 'd all have a little bash , one or two fingers you know , I did even on , on , on one particular one . |
| 9 | but they 're a bigger size and thicker skinned , I 'd sooner have the smaller ones |
| 10 | Erm wi if you had the accommodation of both houses downstairs , you 'd have you 'd easily have a good size sitting room . |
| 11 | Even if things did n't go to plan , we 'd still have a useful resort property … |
| 12 | Of course , this is not even really a realistic option , because you 'd still have the impossible communication problem of getting the information out to the individuals involved in the first place , and then getting the answers back again and coordinating them to make some sort of over-all sense . |
| 13 | I began to wonder if she 'd still have the same effect on you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Of course with your looks you 'd probably have a marvellous time . |
| 15 | We 'd heard he had thirty billion pounds to spend on tanks and things and we reckoned that when he left he 'd probably have a little bit left over for a tip . |
| 16 | She 'd probably have the bad taste to put him in one of her cynical , satirical stories . |
| 17 | She 'd never have a better opportunity . |
| 18 | Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep , than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia . |
| 19 | I would rather have a little shop , a holiday home and be getting married and having kids . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | More than half would rather have a shorter summer break and more holidays at other times . |
| 24 | would rather have an old man . |
| 25 | When it comes to safety when it comes to safety I would rather have an electric cooker . |
| 26 | The French would rather have the neutral Finns opting out of the EC 's common foreign policy , for example , than watering it down . |
| 27 | The treaty parties ( as third parties to the Protocols ) would presumably have no such remedy , although they would be the States most immediately and directly affected by any such action . |
| 28 | This , they noted , was particularly so in the German companies which would presumably have a comparative advantage over British firms in this respect anyway . |
| 29 | Fortunately she had n't finished unloading the car , so would only have a single hold-all to carry back downstairs . |
| 30 | The innovation of Private Eye ensured that deference , if not quite dead , would henceforth have a hard time . |