had rather|have rather in English
would rather, prefers that, gives priority to
Use "had rather|have rather" in a sentence
1. I would rather have had...... one breath of her hair
2. We had to leave rather hurriedly.
3. The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
4. He had rather unattractive stubby fingers.
5. I'd rather have a cigarette.
6. The Small Black seems to have had a rather mixed reputation amongst agriculturalists.
7. 25 Butler herself had rather different origins.
8. My interference had rather an unfortunate result.
9. The story had a rather weedy plot.
10. The experience had left him rather shaky.
11. He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
12. Your tunes have become rather dull.
13. Our circumstances have been rather exceptional.
14. He had a rather volatile temper and can't have been easy to live with.
15. I have two rather aged aunts.
16. He had a rather slow and ponderous manner.
17. He's had to go into hospital rather suddenly.
18. 2 He had a gentle, rather bovine expression.
19. A rather difficult task had been successfully accomplished.
20. 4 He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
21. Price had seemed rather subdued after the meeting.
22. He was rather slow, rather ponderous.
23. I'd rather have my leg chopped off.
24. 1 I did have rather spindly legs.
25. I'd rather have Witty treat my haemorhoids.