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?"