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I would have preferred something more open, but this wasn't on the table.
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.
Mass Mutual, the production's major sponsor, "went along with the previously chosen play, but Mr. Copes said he preferred something more topical, a little less safe.
My guess is that they would have preferred something more conceptually original -- even though each spent a lifetime appropriating the forms of others.
In his view, he had delivered a house based on Chomsky's linguistic ideas, only to find that the Falks preferred something more conventional.
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We'd prefer something more uplifting.
I prefer something more uncouth".
I prefer something more optimistic," retorted Underwood.
I assumed she'd prefer something more refined.
Myself, I prefer something more subdued when sitting down with a client".
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