Sentence examples for but preferred not from inspiring English sources

He could do a strip an hour and six strips a day, but preferred not to.

He said there had been talk about reviving the show again but preferred not to discuss it.

Balzac attended the club but preferred not to indulge, though some time in 1845 the great man cracked and ate some.

NATO itself, he said, would consider any role that the Libyan rebel leaders or the United Nations requested, but preferred not to have foreign troops on liberated Libyan territory.

Of his current campaign, Mr. Walker said that Democrats in Congress had been openly supportive while many Republicans told him they believed he was correct but preferred not to oppose the administration publicly.

She told him that she was newly orphaned, that she had no source of income, but preferred not to work in the whorehouse, and that her name was Dunia, which did not sound like a Jewish name because she was not allowed to speak her Jewish name, and, because she was illiterate, she could not write it down.

It could grace chocolate boxes, but prefers not to.

Built like a power pitcher, he can ramp things up, but prefers not to.

DiDonato can hit a high C, but prefers not to linger there.

She will serve a classic English tea, too, but prefers not to.

He said he would step down if defeated, but prefers not to leave just now.