prefer

• The man seems to prefer, as a rule, to use things outside to get what he wants inside. —  The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century
• They needed him, a student who stood in so well with the professors Not going," said Rex and continued with a sneering laugh, "I suppose you prefer Reydal Yes," was the rejoinder, "I prefer--Reydal Then moved by a sudden impulse Joe called out: "Come in fellows I want to tell you why I can not go He took the picture from the mantle and handed it to them Here is a little girl who believes in me with all her heart, and here is a boy who wants to be just like myself. —  Pearl and Periwinkle
• "You prefer, then, to be called Pipetta?" —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860
• Which wine do you prefer--canary, hermitage, champagne?" —  The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew
• The Kalevide answered, "Does my sword prefer to lie in the arms of a water-nymph rather than to feel the grasp of a hero in battle?" —  The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country

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