Sentence examples for though he would rather from inspiring English sources
And the same could be said, he supposed, for the music; though he would rather have Bach any day, or an evening at the Wigmore Hall.
Putting some restrictions on the government's ability to wiretap is better than nothing, even though he would rather have gone further.
Most actors love scenes involving big, gushy Daniel Day-Lewis-style grapplings with conscience, but Mr. Haig seems as though he would rather be rereading "Bleak House".
One Hindu nationalist, Prafull Goradia, suggests that Indian Muslims should be forced to take an oath of loyalty (though he would rather Muslims of all sorts moved to Arabia).Pluralist, in principleAn uneasy relationship with Pakistan was perhaps inevitable; but what would have distressed Nehru particularly is the prominent role played by religion in domestic politics.
"There is an aura of tension and discomfort about him, as though he would rather be listening -- more specifically, overhearing -- than talking," the Washington Post observed in 1991.
In the show's fourth series — a 2011 BBC/Starz co-production — Rhys again finds himself having to assist Torchwood, though he would rather live a domestic life with Gwen and their daughter Anwen.
Though he'd rather forget the entire thing.
Though he'd rather inspire people than scare them, Lu insisted, he felt obliged to talk this way.
It's a feat Orpik can appreciate for himself, though he'd rather skip all the fanfare that he knows is coming his way.
Eventually, though, he'd rather be in the position of the bright young staff on laptops whom he had met when he was taking his cleaning test, one of the last times he'd see anyone from Homejoy in person.
Mr. Bowen recalls being "a gentle, sensitive kid" — a gay one, in other words — who hid his secret self behind a more acceptable persona: the class clown who gets the girls, all the way through college, where he joins a fraternity even though he'd rather be hanging out with the "music nerds" singing along to the original cast album of "Les Misérables".
