The phrase "always preferred to work" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a consistent choice or inclination towards a particular way of working or a specific type of work.
Example: "She has always preferred to work in a collaborative environment rather than alone."
Alternatives: "has consistently favored working" or "has always chosen to work".
Mr. Idle always preferred to work alone.
In 1949, he and a partner founded Talent Associates, in New York City, which was where he always preferred to work, even after much of the business was done on the West Coast.
While Mr. Alexander always preferred to work behind the scenes, Mr. Dinkins said he was at the center of all the major decisions of his administration, whether over the city's latest budget woes or racial unrest in Crown Heights.
Either way, the arrangement depended on trust and his belief in the repertory principle: he always preferred to work with people he knew, believing that a craving for "new faces" was a journalistic rather than artistic preoccupation.
While Mr. Alexander always preferred to work behind the scenes, Mr. Dinkins said he was at the center of all the major decisions of his administration, whether over the city's latest budget troubles or racial unrest in Crown Heights.
And it was as Sam Gainsbury told me later — she produced Mr. McQueen's shows, all those shows that involved imaginative sets and the skills of choreographers and lighting designers, for he always preferred to work with people outside fashion — when she said: "You have to remember, lots of times Lee was really happy.
Traffic's Joe Mansfield stresses that his label always prefers to work closely with artists where possible; among their upcoming projects is a reissue of the first album by Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard, which the late rapper's estate have been very involved with.
While we always prefer to work cooperatively with businesses, on occasion even years of dialogue can yield no benefit for animals and it becomes necessary to publicly call on a company to do the right thing.
Extroverts may not always prefer to work in groups, but they're generally comfortable with it and it doesn't make them uncomfortable.[21].[21]
I told myself it was OK because he preferred to work anyway and always seemed grouchy on family outings.
He preferred to work behind the scenes.
