They found out soon enough that I preferred to keep to myself.

"I prefer to keep out of their way until we fight."

But on his day off, he would prefer to keep it simple.

Some people, he said, would prefer to keep the neighborhood the same.

We prefer to keep a third of the population on the land.

"I prefer to keep it in my own hands at all times."

I preferred to keep in close because they wouldn't expect that.

He was the kind of guy who preferred to keep his problems to himself.

But I prefer to keep the fat and make these at some other time.

There's no need for you to know and they may prefer to keep this information to themselves.