Utiliser "preferred" dans une phrase

1. “I think I preferred you as an untameable stallion

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2. A certain level of snails is preferred over complete elimination

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3. It's a tea actually, its name translates as 'rubber tea' but she preferred to think of it as coffee

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4. I preferred it that way

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5. Usually the work of Interpol agents was conducted in anonymity and most of his colleagues preferred this

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6. He preferred the coward’s way

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7. Smith preferred those thought-shapes that pleased,

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8. Smith preferred to consider a thought from a familiar set of view points, rolling

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9. For the time being, I preferred to content myself with that explanation

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10. Whilst agents working across could always fall back on the Migraine Association, it was preferred by the Errdian powers that be that such a course of action was literally the last to be used under any circumstances

11. Smith preferred those thought-shapes that pleased, that scratched the cosmic itch most effectively, and so He expressed thought in a set of patterned, reactive ways

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12. Smith preferred to consider a thought from a familiar set of view points, rolling it across the heavens like thunder, looking at all those aspects of silence and darkness that reinforced the heavens as imagined by a responsible God

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13. Yet again, Kara felt the impact of the massive divide between her culture and that of Earth – something the exploration of the seaside resort had highlighted; the sheer volume of … words failed her … stuff that was on sale in the shops … most of it completely superfluous … badly made, cheap (in every meaning of the word) ornaments of no practical use whatsoever and precious little artistic merit, deliberately manufactured to clutter up somebody’s home … and then there was the food and drink on offer! Everywhere she’d looked there had been foodstuffs on sale and people eating … battered fish, hot savoury smelling sausages, the tart scent of vinegar on chips fresh from the fryers … and ices of every conceivable flavour … and those unbelievable sweets in all shapes and sizes … and, according to Iain, this particular seaside resort was a relatively small one … by the time Iain turned off the motorway at the Taunton interchange, she had concluded that although it had been fun visiting, really, when it came down to it, she preferred her own world

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14. Alfred preferred a fairly representational universe where you actually had to move your personification to the instruments rather than just overlaying them on your personal space

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15. She helped him towards a chair by the table, but he preferred the bar stool at the counter

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16. Sadly, he drove me through a door I preferred to keep closed

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17. I preferred to lay under my towel within the safety of the shore, enjoying an ice cream and watching my uncle struggle with his wet suit before he curved into the sea like a dolphin only to reappear sometime later and regale me with stories of seals, gentle basking sharks, forests of stunning pink corals and walls of bright coloured jewel anemones he said he saw on his dives

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18. Kirk tried to show the lady into the living room, but she said she preferred to do these things in the kitchen

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19. Clearly the wasteg is the preferred mode of transport for those who live near it - having experienced the trackways, I can understand why

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20. Others may think you’re getting preferred treatment if you end up dating the boss

21. Gilla didn’t know why his marriage failed … could it be because his wife preferred someone else? I can’t see Berndt wandering … he’s not the sort

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22. To be honest, he preferred to watch the big match on the television on a Saturday night if he could stay awake long enough

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23. The talk turned to the various sweets we used to eat as children; it seems Gary had a thing about liquorice bootlaces (typical boy!) whereas I preferred mint imperials

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24. She also knew that Lucy would be out at a friend’s house until nine o’clock, leaving her at home all alone, alone with Alan, who was at an age when he still preferred a set of headphones in his bedroom to the embarrassing company of his father in the pub, no matter that his father would pay for the beer

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25. He tried to respond to his wife and step-daughter, but apart from the odd brief conversation he preferred to occupy his time with work, well away from the sounds of the radio

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26. Kelvin knew she preferred to model her screens as an old fashioned monitor, but she preferred to keep her screens in the air to making the old plastic case appear when she was out of her office

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27. He preferred to think of his outer layers of fat as

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28. despite the occasional bout of nannying, preferred to leave the

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29. He preferred it that way and

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30. on a social basis, that it soon became clear that he preferred money

31. preferred to do these things in the kitchen

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32. what style would work best? Dry, factual statements are not my preferred style

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33. alone with Alan, who was at an age when he still preferred a set of

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34. conversation he preferred to occupy his time with work, well away

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35. who almost never walked but preferred to transport themselves on

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36. “The girls tried to let it be known that they preferred their privacy,

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37. probably because Brunno preferred shaking his head repeatedly instead of

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38. Tom piloted the car skilfully along his preferred route

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39. Roman much preferred it this way

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40. Now she preferred the bedroom

41. Her pink linen business suit, but she doubted Beth would choose it, Beth preferred Blue

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42. Human blood must have been preferred over that of their own kind, especially in

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43. But I think he and Thomas would have preferred a

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44. Either way, Alec preferred it when the mage was happy, even missed seeing the flashing teeth light up his face

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45. In Virginia and Maryland, the cultivation of tobacco is preferred, as most profitable, to that of corn

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46. After the attack on the American Embassy, their new leader, or the Chief, as he now preferred to be addressed, had finally forced the mob into some semblance of order

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47. But the whole quantity of poultry which the farm in this manner produces without expense, must always be much smaller than the whole quantity of butcher's meat which is reared upon it; and in times of wealth and luxury, what is rare, with only nearly equal merit, is always preferred to what is common

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48. because they preferred the old and verified method of

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49. He would have preferred if he was asked, but would have helped any way he could

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50. More than once, the other Guardians had to pull her away from the battle, keep her from charging into the thick of things where she preferred to pound her enemies to death with nothing but her fists

51. that Theoton preferred her

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52. are preferred by those with few intel ectual

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53. Ordinarily, she preferred to be invisible in a gathering

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54. forced her swollen tongue into the Ionian rhythms Homer preferred as she began to speak:

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55. This is a preferred space for the owners of dogs

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56. Where the legal rate of interest, on the contrary, is fixed but a very little above the lowest market rate, sober people are universally preferred, as borrowers, to prodigals and projectors

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57. In seeking for employment to a capital, manufactures are, upon equal or nearly equal profits, naturally preferred to foreign commerce, for the same reason that agriculture is naturally preferred to manufactures

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58. The male sex is universally preferred to the female; and when all other things are equal, the elder everywhere takes place of the younger

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59. “I would have preferred this tea with honey,” he said, “but it still was very good

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60. Anyway, of the many men who’d raped her during the past year, all but Chymides Eight-Fingers had preferred to take her from behind

61. Instead, he got severely reprimanded and libelously labeled as an evil, dangerous (probably Devil-worshiping) heretic by the top grey matter of the Church, was charged and convicted as guilty of messing around with the predominant and preferred belief systems of the time, and sentenced to be tortured continuously unless he publicly retracted his offensive findings and openly admitted something like, “Oops, I made a huge mistake

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62. Still, she much preferred the nighttime to the days

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63. pretending? Nerissa much preferred this interpretation

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64. He didn’t report it for some reason, I guess he preferred not having to feed or take care of us while he was still cashing in on whatever allowance he was getting from Social Services

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65. She never liked it when all the attention was focused on her; she preferred to blend into the background and maintain a low profile

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66. Some men preferred to take a secret mistress on the side

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67. Within a few moments the tables were stocked with food and drink of all sorts that would satisfy any guest’s preferred culinary taste

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68. John tried and tried to turn Maggie into a female version of himself, but she was not a competitive person, and preferred studying to sports

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69. They were in from the chill of the coast, though the lighthouse was a preferred place for meeting

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70. He'd have preferred the others to think of him as having a slightly evil side rather than simply a lonely old mind-entity

71. ” She took a deep breath, this wasn't something she preferred to announce, but the Elf deserved the best

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72. When she was fully honest with herself, she realized that she much preferred fucking a young boy in her car to bringing him home with her

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73. He preferred the graphic novels over my plain text books

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74. We would like to thank you for your business by inviting you to our preferred customer Spring Extravaganza this Saturday

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75. Grace would have none of that, and as she grew older she found she had turned against all adult men and vastly preferred teenagers

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76. Gerill was not an Ignist, but instead was a Flaran, but the barracks of the Thanes (for those who could not afford their own home within the walls of Saparen) was in Ignar’s Den, and Hyte preferred to be near his friends than farther south in Flarow’s section

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77. His parents, more inclined to the noble life of luxury, had forced upon him the name Regis, but he much preferred Warlord

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78. Of course, they expected him to carry this wristband everywhere – it looked like an antique wristwatch with its OLED text and numeral display; but he calculated that their level of reliance on him afforded a certain freedom from their preferred constraints

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79. That would mean starving to death and he was not sure whether he preferred that to freezing to death

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80. He would have much preferred it if they had some way of being in contact with the group left in the command section

81. Still, he much preferred this over lying in bed like some kind of invalid

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82. I realized, however, I preferred our two-room home and the freedom of those hills in which I roamed

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83. But she still preferred the simplicity of voice commands

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84. Your imminent death will be by this preferred method

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85. She laughed, “Actually, they put cockles inside a basket, which is a snail"s preferred meal

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86. have preferred to wipe the keyboard with a tissue rather than set fire to the building, but he stayed quiet rather than feeding the argument

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87. she preferred to walk

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88. She would have preferred to leave that

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89. He would have preferred his first

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90. Maureen came with him as if she preferred not to sit without company while Roleston was there

91. So she preferred to think of it as caring - family

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92. During the day, when Shelagh was busy tending her garden, or working in her greenhouse or dealing with her 'callers', as she preferred to call her patients, Rosemary would take long walks, skirting the village as much as possible

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93. Waddell preferred to say that he passed the exams at this point, rather than say he graduated

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94. “This is one of the preferred weapons

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95. Not what Jack would have normally preferred, but for five pounds

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96. But though this practice necessarily puts off the liberation of the public revenue from a fixed period, to one so indefinite that it is not very likely ever to arrive ; yet, as a greater sum can, in all cases, be raised by this new practice than by the old one of anticipation, the former, when men have once become familiar with it, has, in the great exigencies of the state, been universally preferred to the latter

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97. In countries where it is usual for government to raise money by granting annuities, tontines are, upon this account, generally preferred to annuities for separate lives

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98. expedient which will raise most money, is almost always preferred to that which is likely to bring about, in the speediest manner, the liberation of the public revenue

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99. Although they both preferred the Soldiers’ Home to the White House, they

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100. Mom preferred for Dad to feed Bob and began dropping hints that he should be looking for another home for the big cat