He preferred portraits and landscapes, popular genres with collectors on both sides of the Atlantic.
He confirmed his profession as a soldier and said he preferred to speak in Kinyarwanda.
We'd liked to have discussed all this with him, but he preferred not to.
He preferred instead to proceed with his installation as Chancellor of the University of Surrey.
He preferred old cars, especially if they were fast, big-game hunting and the great outdoors.
He preferred to rant about his struggle against the art establishment as a working-class socialist.
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" He preferred pleated pants because they "hang nicely and they're really comfortable when you're sitting all day.
He was born in Bavaria and studied medicine, but found he preferred birdwatching.
Linebacker Chase Blackburn said he has seen Popeye's served in some road cities and that he preferred to steer clear.
Although he gracefully bore the public role that birth assigned him, he preferred acting in a quieter, more hands-on way.
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He preferred to forgo the usual props of the magic world, working only with whatever happened to be on hand.
In addition, he received customized emails with job openings specifically focused in the industry and geographic areas that he preferred.
Stewart Dickson of the Alliance party said he preferred to trust the judiciary rather than the proposers of the motion.
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The first choice for the lead was Jackie Chan himself, but he preferred to keep making films like Rush Hour.
In the bitter phrase of Jean-Paul Sartre, with whom he sparred for years, he preferred to view men like ants.
Nick Licata who owns the Brigstow Cafe on Clare Street said he preferred the monthly plan to the original weekly idea.
He preferred a lottery, as being easier to administer than the sort of tests needed to allocate children to different bands.
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Wilson also revealed he preferred radio news to television news and thought the presentation was better on ITV than BBC Television.
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Very quickly he preferred canvassing round his native Woking to studying in school, but found he was not in easy territory.
Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie asked Mr Salmond several times whether he preferred sticking with the British pound or joining the euro.
Mayor Jeff Triplett said he preferred to wait possibly several months for the results of an investigation into Lee and his department.
At the end of the fifth round Camacho indicated he preferred not to continue, and the bout was ruled a no contest.
Once in power, he preferred to focus on his quest for Africanness.
For his part, Stanford said he preferred to conduct his business without contacting the Embassy, resolving any investment disputes directly with local governments.
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He was born Dorris Brown, but for the sake of a quiet life at school in Arkansas he preferred to call himself Dee.
When he worked with young teachers at Claremont Graduate University, he preferred to throw them right into the classroom, into the realm of practice.
His own Corinthians, once struggling, were rolling in money, but he preferred his political slogans to the dozens of sponsors now blazoned on their shirts.
Frank Marshall Davis did not bother explaining which option he preferred.
Like Tristram Shandy, he preferred the apparently random and open-minded route.
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