Example sentences of "'d rather [vb infin] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think I 'd rather stay here because it 's fixed now , but I do n't really like comprehensive schools that much .
2 Perhaps you 'd rather stay here and read your riveting book .
3 Hamilton resolutely destroyed the patriotic myth that most Scots would kill to wear the navy jersey when he told the press , ‘ I 'd rather stay home and play golf . ’
4 I tell you , I 'd rather go without than have that lot screw me .
5 I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart .
6 So you 'd rather go ahead and just make numbers involved .
7 They 'd rather sit there and
8 If that 's the way you think , then I 'd rather know now than later . ’
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