Sentence examples for had preferred that from inspiring English sources

She chose to work as a secretary, though her parents had preferred that she become a teacher.

His father, Andres, a physician in Thousand Oaks, Calif., said he had preferred that Marcos have a complete education.

Mr. Scouten, after explaining that the Nixons had preferred that the servants keep out of sight, let the staff know that the Fords felt differently.

Naturally, the flies began to avoid the odor associated with the shock, even if they had preferred that odor in the first place.

St. Francis had preferred that it and Cathedral stay out of the Pac-5 Division, buthehe other schools' proposals won out, And if the appeal is a choice between the Golden Knights and Cathedral, St. Francis could be in trouble based on head to head history.

"Would Universal [Pictures] have preferred that didn't happen?

"He would have preferred that.

"I am sure Mrs. Roosevelt would have preferred that she had destroyed them".

"Maybe we both would have preferred that he hadn't made that comment," Mr. Sommer said.

She, I suspect, might have preferred that he had left her some cash.

She, I suspect, might have preferred that he had left her some cash.