Sentence examples for preferred to play from inspiring English sources

He preferred to play baseball.

Docherty preferred to play it diplomatically.

"We would have preferred to play," Saint-André said.

"Most of my friends preferred to play things they knew".

Alekhine preferred to play Botvinnik, but negotiations for that ceased abruptly in September 1939.

Until then, Lindros had told the Flyers that he preferred to play for the Maple Leafs.

As it happened, he preferred to play politicians rather than be one.

I would have preferred to play against him than Nalbandian because he's a younger player.

I spoke to Chris at Christmas and he said he preferred to play on the wing".

Mario preferred to play one on one, as Andrew recalled at his father's funeral.

This left the final choice to South, and he naturally preferred to play in hearts.