Example sentences of "would [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd rather not talk to the guests much beforehand simply because I find it works better just to say hello , and thanks for coming , and leave it at that . |
| 2 | Shamed Souness said : ‘ I 'd rather not talk about the goals we gave away and concentrate instead on the pluses . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd rather not talk about it , if you do n't mind . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd rather not comment on that , ’ he says . |
| 5 | So when his interest in the affair peters out and he 'd rather not bump into you at the photocopier on a daily basis , it 's you who 'll be left with a P45 and a broken heart . |
| 6 | But mother 's too close for comfort ; there 'd be too many nearby friends , too many chances of bumping into people I 'd rather not bump into ; too much mitigating against the clean break ; new start . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd rather not go into that right now . |
| 8 | I 'd rather not go to Liverpool ! |
| 9 | I 'd rather not think about it yet . ’ |
| 10 | For the classic Ulster pear-shaped woman , step aerobics works on the areas you 'd rather not think about , that is hips , thighs and bum . |
| 11 | I 'd rather not sleep with him if I can avoid it because he 's , he , I just do n't get any sleep . |
| 12 | If you 're confronted on the phone by someone you 'd rather not speak to , or asked to name a price or give information you 're not ready to give , then always ask if you can call back later . |
| 13 | That 's er a little bit of fun in that , but er we might have a little bit of advice for you if you are preparing to receive guests you 'd rather not see over Christmas . |
| 14 | Well , that 's true , but there are some people whom you 'd rather not have in your house , that you really ca n't do much to avoid coming , can you really ? |
| 15 | Biggins became involved and will be reported to the FA with Halsall , but I 'd rather not dwell on it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd rather not say on the telephone . ’ |
| 17 | Macbeth , for example , asks us some very difficult questions about ( amongst other things ) the relationship between power and sexuality , about acquiescence in the face of evil and turning a blind eye to things we 'd rather not know about . |
| 18 | I 'd rather not get into it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 'd all better come with me , ’ he went on . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , if you did n't put it under my door yourself , maybe you 'd better just check with Reception downstairs . ’ |
| 21 | Eh , , I mean there 's a idea the money that 's been spent on the railways instead of on motorways we 'd be a lot better off , and I think and Partners subscribed to that because I think that erm , had more money being spent on the railways that we would have been much better off , oh I 'd much rather go on a train journey than on a motor bridge journey . |
| 22 | I 'd much rather sit by the pool . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In my life , Oh why do I give valuable time to people who I 'd much rather kick in the eye ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It could , but I 'd much rather talk to you now . |
| 25 | But if you can raise that profile which I talk about , the of the ethics of of your trade , your profession and become , in effect , a pressure group , a pressure group for the public good , while we may not always agree with you , and indeed we 're going to say that we do n't agree with you and you must n't be afraid of that but we would rather hear from you , you 're the men and women at the sharp end , I hesitate to say ‘ experts ’ because ‘ expert ’ is a , a rather over-used word but we 'd much rather hear from you , at the sharp end , than the part-time politicians who , by the very nature of , of their role , and however well-meaning they may be , they have other priorities . |
| 26 | I do n't know how long I 'll be — you 'd much better get off home . ’ |
| 27 | His charm , his little anecdotes , even this scene played in the velvet darkness — all of it had been to answer the challenge she 'd so foolishly set before him . |
| 28 | Nor did Gillian , who talked just as if she 'd only just run to the signpost and back . |
| 29 | I 'd only really think about taking action if someone completely ripped off one of our songs and made heaps of money from it |
| 30 | I actually said what I meant , used the sort of word you 'd normally only hear from your golfing chums or your rugby pals . |