Sentence examples for preferred to be a from inspiring English sources

"I would have preferred to be a woman," he has said.

He preferred to be a character, and one that was always subject to rewrites.

Asked if he preferred to be a starter or reliever, Chamberlain said: "A pitcher.

I wanted to try the Uzi; Chris preferred to be a Chicago gangster and asked for the Thompson M1A1.

But Mr. Samton said, "After what our people went through, we preferred to be a little farther away".

Much later, after giving up on Hollywood, Mrs. Maas said she would have preferred to be a "wash lady".

I actually didn't even want to become a doctor, and would have preferred to be an engineer.

Davis would have preferred to be an army general, and as president tended to manage military matters himself, delegating poorly.

I prefer to be a little more self-reliant".

But they would much prefer to be a host.

Naturally, I myself prefer to be a poet, rather than a flowery, fervid poetess.