Example sentences of "[verb] they would rather [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ESC founders Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington director and star of the Shakespeare tragedy say they would rather stay away from the Civic , one of the strongest dates on their world tours , than face the same problem again . |
| 2 | Labour councillors say they would rather have flats backing on to the gardens than rats and rubbish . |
| 3 | But the family say they 'd rather stay in temporary digs . |
| 4 | You know they would rather see the old concerts . |
| 5 | In fact women are clearly already making this kind of calculation for themselves and many do decide they would rather run the gauntlet of contraceptive side effects than risk a pregnancy and cope with the consequences . |
| 6 | Clough 's team decided they 'd rather die than swallow such medicine . |
| 7 | But even if you do , I 've heard they 'd rather die than be captured . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They 'll know all about you , of course , but Peter Jennings thinks they 'd rather have you out of the country than poking about up in the north . |
| 9 | They said they would rather have the cash . |
| 10 | " So many people in Nubia said they would rather die than move . |
| 11 | He offered to buy them a tin of beer each , but they said they 'd rather have Coca-Cola . |