Sentence examples for preferred to do something from inspiring English sources

Shortness of time for reading was a problem for 29% of respondents, 40% preferred to do something else and 26% said they "didn't enjoy reading very much".

"I had always preferred to do something 'useful,' " Mr. Aimard writes, "by recording music not found in catalogs, especially the works of our own time".

Sometimes our names were on exclusive guest lists (though we were poor, we were beautiful, and people liked to have us around), but often we preferred to do something else — attend a friend's opening, drink in after-hours clubs or the room above a pub, trek off to remote suburbs to see a band play in a warehouse.

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.

First, when someone will only do something under the threat of aggression, we can be reasonably certain that he or she would have preferred to do something else.

"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.

Maybe Abercrombie's mother would prefer to do something else.

Perhaps, but many Japanese, including Hiroyuki Masuda, would prefer to do something else: take a bath.

Now I would prefer to do something more philosophical but physics was a good degree to get.

"I would prefer to do something smaller, maybe at the Bush, which is one of my favourite theatres".

"Everybody prefers to do something else, to expand the footprint, to make acquisitions, to be in the press because you are a great manager, and so on and so forth.