- rather
- 01. When I was young, I enjoyed living in the big city, but since I've been a father, I'd [rather] live in a smaller place.02. I ride my bike to work, [rather] than take my car because it is better for the environment.03. [Rather] than go to work, and leave my sick daughter at home alone, I took the day off.04. It is better to try to figure out the meaning of new vocabulary by looking at it in context, [rather] than always simply looking it up in the dictionary.05. I would [rather] quit my job than take a cut in pay.06. The weather was [rather] hot at the beach today.07. The concert was pretty good, but I found it [rather] expensive at £50 per ticket.08. Would you [rather] have fish or chicken for supper tonight?09. Jimmy Buffet sang, "I'd [rather] die while I'm living than live while I'm dead."10. Ray Prince once said that work is only work if you'd [rather] be doing something else.11. Marly would [rather] play on a losing team with his friends than on a winning team with kids he doesn't know.12. An Arab proverb advises, "Ask the experienced [rather] than the learned."13. In December of 1945, Prince Fumimaro Konoe, former Japanese Prime Minister, committed suicide [rather] than face war crimes charges.14. Studies show that the orangutan is less social than the other primates, living a [rather] solitary life in the wild.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.