Example sentences of "[vb mod] rather have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ If there 's coffee , I 'd rather have that , please . |
| 3 | I 'd rather have that than nothing at |
| 4 | I 'd rather have that shape you can cut . |
| 5 | You 'd rather have that than the you know |
| 6 | one week in Spain , I 'd rather have that two week 's in Australia would n't you ? |
| 7 | that 's the , actually , actually I 'd rather have that best , that 's the third prize two week 's in |
| 8 | I 'd rather have that then I tell you |
| 9 | Well I 'd rather have more to do than have less to cos |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd rather have another drink , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 12 | So to get back to what we say er yeah I like to fix a date and if people phone up and say well look I 've I 've got something else or I 've changed my mind I would rather have that than to have lots of paper work on my desk that just says may be or may be not . |
| 13 | But that means nothing to the army of unemployed and to threatened companies which would rather have any work than none , or to politicians caught up in righteous anger at ‘ unfair ’ competition . |