Sentence examples for But preferred from inspiring English sources

But preferred to.

He liked facts but preferred mystery.

He was offered a wheelchair but preferred to walk.

"She told me it was interesting," Ms. Love recalled, "but preferred talking about herself".

He could laugh at himself, evidently, but preferred to exercise his notoriously cruel wit on others.

Datums is almost non-existent, while forums is not just common but preferred.

She sent him the works of Dostoevsky; he was impressed, but preferred Marx.

(He became Lord Bannside, but preferred the title "a sinner saved by grace").

Day had become an anarchist — but preferred the term libertarian, not wanting to offend.

The government there was offered good advice, but preferred to pursue its calamitous Stalinist course.

After that success she appeared in a few Hollywood films but preferred working in France.