Example sentences of "you rather [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which would you rather talk to ? |
| 2 | ‘ Would n't you rather go for a ride this afternoon ? ’ |
| 3 | Now you 've had the , the benefit of hindsight which would you rather go with , the structured way or the , you know , the way you did it at the |
| 4 | Would you rather go on bus ? |
| 5 | ‘ Would n't you rather sleep in a room ? |
| 6 | Would you rather do without the cushion ? |
| 7 | ‘ Would n't you rather meet in the lobby ? ’ |
| 8 | What would you rather like to be doing ? , would you , if you 're bored here , what would you really liked to be ? |
| 9 | Paddy retired virtually unhurt after a characteristic bit of Para boldness under fire : ‘ Who would you rather have as Foreign Secretary : David Steel or Gerald Kaufman ? ’ he demanded , inviting a show of hands . |
| 10 | unc Would you rather have of this fruit pie or 0.25 of it ? |
| 11 | Which would you rather have in your garden — sticky clay or thin , hungry sand ? |
| 12 | ‘ Or would you rather see round the house first ? ’ |
| 13 | It was a programme about evaluations and the learned gentleman posed the question : ‘ Would you rather live for five years with two legs or twenty-five years with one leg ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Would you rather wait for the other ladies ? ’ he ventured , obviously torn between his duty and the thought of her sitting alone in such rowdy company for several minutes . |
| 15 | ‘ Would n't you rather wait until tomorrow ? |
| 16 | Will you risk my dry Martini or would you rather stick to sherry ? ’ |