Sentence examples for had preferred a from inspiring English sources

He had preferred a program of modernization efforts and the formation of cooperatives instead.

He had preferred a right-hander, a more natural complement, and an Australian, a more desirable companion.

Assemblyman Steven Sanders, the chairman of the Assembly Education Committee, said that he had preferred a direct election but compromised to get the bill passed.

(Two weeks earlier, in Oxnard, I had preferred a university variety in a blind tasting, unleashing a cascade of explanations: this time there would be no chance of embarrassment for either party).

The writers had preferred a more boisterous, sitcom-y Hannon composition that later became A Woman of the World, but producer Perkins insisted on a less mocking, more overtly Irish tune.

The SPL says it had suggested a 12-12-10-10 formation to the SFL board but that its member clubs had preferred a three-tier plan.

Joseph T. Cahill, had preferred an inexperienced candidate who would allow him more control of the Taiwanese money.

He would have preferred a Big Mac.

I would have preferred a modern building".

I think I would have preferred a dignified silence.

"I would have preferred a larger margin," Mr Patterson admitted.