Yvonne preferred hot tea and a small buttered roll.
"I prefer tea and toast," said one woman with a twang that crackled with age.
She added in her most helpful nurse-voice, "Perhaps you would prefer tea?
Most people would not be afraid to say if they preferred tea or coffee, a vegetarian or a steak meal.
"Would you prefer hot or cold tea?"
He drinks very little alcohol, friends and restaurateurs say, preferring a soft drink or iced tea.
She had hardly touched her coffee, preferring tea.
Sarah will bring us some coffee - unless you would prefer tea?
'I've just made some coffee, or would you prefer tea?'
"As a journalist and a confirmed coffee-drinker, may I ask why you prefer tea?"
