Example sentences of "prefer [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I would be top of any seed 's list of players they would prefer not to have in their section . ’ |
| 2 | I would prefer not to have my guy stand up and say I may have been involved in an assassination . ’ |
| 3 | A woman told me recently that when she said that she would prefer not to have one , her obstetrician exclaimed : ‘ Not have an enema ? |
| 4 | I 'd prefer not to have to lie about it myself Naturally , I sha n't volunteer the information . |
| 5 | You , I am sure , have a better use for your manpower and I would prefer not to have an officer sitting in the hall like a bailiff . ’ |
| 6 | The upshot is a version of what is known as preference utilitarianism , for which what counts in favour of an act is not that it promotes a kind of experience known as pleasure or prevents a kind of experience called pain , but that it provides people with what they would prefer to have and prevents their having what they would prefer not to have . |
| 7 | Sometimes the question of what a public authority ought to have done in performance of its duties will be politically or morally contentious , and the court would prefer not to have to pronounce on the issue . |
| 8 | They would prefer not to have to make a financial contribution , regardless of their ability to pay . |
| 9 | Tuathal said , ‘ i do n't suppose you mean that , but I 'd prefer not to have heard it . |
| 10 | I 'd prefer not to have any cups of coffee thrown in my face . ’ |