Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd rather stay single and celibate for the rest of my life ! ’ |
| 2 | hailing from bonny Glasgow but destined for world domination , One Dove are one of the more permanent fixtures of a transient club scene and , despite the innocuous chemical reference , they 'd rather whisper sweet nothings in your ear than whip you into a frenzy of fancy footwork . |
| 3 | ‘ But I 'll tell you this , I 'd rather go 12 rounds with Lennox Lewis than face a 25-yarder from our full-back Clive Freeman ! |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd rather forget all about last night , ’ she continued coldly , trying to avoid the mockery in his narrowed eyes . |
| 5 | I 'd rather eat cold fat . |
| 6 | You could n't bring yourself to punish me when I was a child and guilty of all manner of things … you 'd rather punish poor little Beth , would n't you , eh ? |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | I think I 'd rather leave that up to the private sector . |
| 9 | I 'd rather do that than kill the Hydra . |
| 10 | He says , I 'd rather do that . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | ‘ If it means that , I 'd rather do all that running an' swimming and stuff ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 'd rather like that . |
| 17 | I 'd rather see one or two GOOD games from major companies and on the other side there should be games sent in from readers ( they must also be of a high quality though ! ) . |
| 18 | I 'd rather pick this one because it makes life easier , you can see |
| 19 | She 'd rather die first ! |
| 20 | I mean if you 'd rather get them if you 'd rather save fifty P . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ If there 's coffee , I 'd rather have that , please . |
| 23 | I 'd rather have that than nothing at |
| 24 | I 'd rather have that shape you can cut . |
| 25 | You 'd rather have that than the you know |
| 26 | one week in Spain , I 'd rather have that two week 's in Australia would n't you ? |
| 27 | that 's the , actually , actually I 'd rather have that best , that 's the third prize two week 's in |
| 28 | I 'd rather have that then I tell you |
| 29 | Well no I 'm not actually back to the centimetre cost I do n't agree with the centimetre argument er the centimetre argument I mean I 'd rather have one good solid paragraph which |
| 30 | Well she 's got two rooms downstairs , which she 'd rather have one of these really , one big one |