Sentence examples for rather cut off from inspiring English sources

"I would rather cut off my balls".

He replied: "I would rather cut off my balls".

The dispute led to Ryanair recognising unions, something O'Leary once said he would rather cut off his hand than do.

"I'd rather cut off my leg than lose my sight," he told the slender, dark-haired doctor at his bedside.

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Katja Iversen Dig out the roots, rather than cut off a branch: I worry that the current focus on specific practices, such as early and forced marriage, rather than underlying structural factors might not produce the kind of outcomes we seek.

Mendes wanted the forest to be used sustainably rather than cut off from economic activity (as some environmentalists wanted) or cut down (as the farmers wanted).

He could redouble U.S. efforts to improve living conditions in migrant-producing countries rather than cut off their aid, as he recently said he would.

But the report also demonstrates -- with statistical precision -- that controlling illegal migrant flow along the 2,000-mile 2,000-milerder is a bit like squeezing a water balloon: the flow is redistributed rather than cut off.

The resumption to Ukraine's domestic market came a few hours after Naftogaz reiterated a threat first made on Tuesday that it would tap Gazprom's export pipelines rather than cut off Ukrainian customers, according to a statement from Gazprom.