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Example sentences for "rather have"

  • And I'd rather have Mr. Dillwyn take care of me than uncle Tim Hotchkiss.

  • I'd rather have a good pippin now than ne'er an orange.

  • Gossiping] Well, you'd rather have it than nothing, I s'pose.

  • I'd rather have it off me mind, with him home.

  • I'd rather have a woman threaten than whine, any day.

  • You'd rather have another, wouldn't you, missie?

  • If you've just had your dinner you'd rather have a bit of sweety, I reckon.

  • I'd rather have met a ghost; ay, and a real ghost; than have carried away that sound to haunt me.

  • It took people by surprise: for she had been a lady always, as Miss Hyde and as Mrs. Stockhausen; one might have thought she would rather have put up with a clown from Pershore fair than with Massock the illiterate.

  • Perhaps you'd rather have me stay near the door, little girl," he said, in a tone he had never used to her before.

  • I'd rather have you do a thing of that kind, Pole, than any man alive," he said.

  • As far as I am concerned, I'd rather have had it over with.

  • I'd rather have a husband like that than a steam-yacht!

  • I'd love to hear unless you'd rather have me read to you, Mr. Norval.

  • I guess I'd rather have my wife stay here," he said.

  • I thought I'd rather have it down here with company than upstairs alone.

  • I'd wear it if 'twas mine, but I'd rather have a blue one.

  • I'd rather have forget-me-nots than anything.

  • But I kinda think I'd rather have a set of dishes or a doll.

  • I'd rather have my boy a soldier at a time like this than have him be ruler of a country.

  • Why, I'd rather have her see than be able to call myself the greatest singer in the world!

  • I don't want her--I mean I'd rather have you.

  • I'd rather have a part interest in you than to possess, lock, stock and barrel, any other woman I can think of.

  • I'd rather have a green recruit who will.

  • I mean, whether you'd rather have me fit to look at, or have me like this and not be bored by waiting.

  • When I want a boy I'd rather have him in breeches than in skirts.

  • I didn't know you'd rather have had me give the money and let the rest of you send in the order.

  • I'd rather have a chromo that comes with soap, myself," said Bert.

  • I'd rather have this," and Jack put the letter in his pocket with a slap outside, as if it warmed the cockles of his heart to have it there.

  • He'd rather have had it the freedom of the city streets, but this was better than nothing.

  • I'm--I'd rather have an angel than a changeling.

  • Next to Molly darling I'd rather have you.

  • Yes; but he said he'd rather have a girl tell him she's workin' like I did than to have her stuff him.

  • I'd rather have a whiff of an automobile," she remarked, "than of the best attar of roses on the market.

  • She says she'd rather have us come home after the show than go kiting round like this.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rather have" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    draw back; forty weeks; had wherever books are; ironical smile; little bird; money should; much pains; mulberry tree; rather common; rather curious; rather fancy; rather fine; rather firm; rather guess; rather have; rather large; rather larger; rather less; rather narrow; rather open; rather remarkable; rather soft; rather than; rather thin; rather think; single note