Example sentences of "rather [vb infin] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Look , " I said to Henniker , " I 'd rather like to have a word with Mr. Lennis before lunch . |
| 2 | But she would rather have had a handful of honest reviews . |
| 3 | Herr Hans-Eberhard Klein , the Frankfurt prosecutor who led the search , said : ‘ I am glad it is over , but I would rather have had a live Mengele than a dead one so that some of the thousands who suffered under him could have gained some little satisfaction from a trial . ’ |
| 4 | I expect when he was a little boy he 'd rather have had a Bible for his birthday than anything else in the world , even a bicycle . |
| 5 | I 'd rather have had a knife . |
| 6 | I hooked up a wriggling worm and ate it : it tasted alright , earthy and slightly gritty , but I would rather have had a proper meal . |
| 7 | I 'd rather have have a cup of tea |