Sentence examples for would sooner be from inspiring English sources

Some would sooner be far, far away, in the sublime silence of the Himalayas, say.

"I would sooner be the gardener," he said, "than the landscape architect".

Satan found it better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven; and the normal Asiatic would sooner be misgoverned by Asiatics than well governed by Europeans.

It was a great thing to hear the right honorable gentleman say: "I would sooner be the leader of the gentlemen of England than possess the confidence of Sovereigns".

And it seemed to instil in me a kind of resolution: I would sooner be an Emerson than a Honeychurch, I would rather be a George than a Lucy.

It would be better to have a team of unknowns who try to win than these spoiled babies who would sooner be elsewhere, resting up for the next gruelling Premier League season".

I'd sooner be his girlfriend".

I'd sooner be the screwer than the screwee.

I'd sooner be Frankie than Howard Devoto, but it's harder to be serious in Liverpool.

And so about 50 of us made up our minds that we'd sooner be shot than get back on that ship.

Thus this proud consumer of cheap cigars and wine rails against society's "sanctification of avarice" and organized religion ("I'd sooner be / married by an apple tree / than by a priest").