Sentence examples for have preferred something from inspiring English sources

"Obviously we would have preferred something else," Mr. Emanuel said.

They would have preferred something cattier, but I had nothing catty to say.

I would have preferred something more open, but this wasn't on the table.

I would have preferred something from Balenciaga, but the waiting lists for my favorite styles were closed.

Scowcroft would have preferred something more nuanced, he told me, but the words accurately reflected his message.

Deidre would have preferred something more Arab; even more to her distaste was the presence of 2 English couples of the "sun cult" variety.

I would have preferred doing something else (anything else) instead.

His wife, Padma, said she would have preferred sandwiches, or something a little more nourishing than ice cream, for her two daughters.

If the invitation didn't stand, the last thing he wanted was to show up at Kate's with his roommate in tow and discover that Kate didn't remember meeting him at Gleekman's or at the actor's dinner party and had no idea why he'd come and brought his roommate — who, no doubt, would have preferred to do something in the subterranean world of musicians.

I saw it when it first opened 14 years ago, and would have preferred to see something I hadn't already seen.

"I would have preferred to do something broader than this but I am delighted that we could at least get unanimous support to get this narrow proposal moved forward," said FEC Vice Chair Ellen Weintraub just before the commission voted.