Sentence examples for rather we did from inspiring English sources

Rather we did it because someone had to and it might as well have been us.

Over 6,000 people said they would rather we did things like reduce hours or use volunteers than close libraries.

For the first time, the ISC will have a statutory right to investigate the operational activity of the intelligence agencies, even if they and the government would rather we did not.

"The organisation is trying to do too much and its resources are spread too thinly, and inevitably I'd much rather we did fewer things and we did them to a genuinely world-class standard and made a really important contribution in those fewer areas".

"I would rather we didn't have all the presents.

Thankfully though you can skip them - although I'm sure Square would rather we didn't.

Or, rather, we don't run into trouble.

To carry out that pedagogical work, Faber needs some room -- or, rather, we do.

We oil addicts should know better, or rather we do know better but we choose to do nothing about it.

Casey also hears frequently — or rather we do — from her Gay Best Friend (Kristoffer Cusick), who rings her cellphone to give her a chance to "bail out".

FIFA would rather we do not report the fact that it is also a country that has 50 or more killings each day.