Sentence examples for rather not being from inspiring English sources

I learned to see that the problem is not lack of attention, but rather not being able to choose to attend to one thing, to the exclusion of the smorgasbord of everything else that is competing for one's attention.

"I'd rather not be asked".

Still, he'd rather not be rude.

Rather than be Jack Golden, they'd rather not be Fred Lewis.

"Let's just say I would rather not be here".

Obviously we'd rather not be fully alone.

"I would rather not be turned into a shish kebab".

"I'd rather not be reminded that I'm 70.

"A justice journey we would rather not be on".

Tom Stoppard would rather not be talking about The Real Thing.

If I were a teacher, yes, I'd rather not be in SfA.