Example sentences of "[adj -er] of me [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely he deserves better of me than to gaze at him with my policeman 's eyes . |
| 2 | In the past two weeks he has had to scrummage against Scotland 's World Cup looseheads , David Sole and David Milne : ‘ They certainly got the better of me but I like to think that I am learning all the time and that that will lead to my improvement ’ . |
| 3 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 4 | But after a bit my curiosity got the better of me and I spread my fingers slowly to peep through . |
| 5 | A few minutes later , when Nelly was preoccupied , I 'm sorry to say my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room , down the stairs and ran off home . |
| 6 | For the first time ever , my pride got the better of me and I desperately looked round for some means of defending myself . |
| 7 | Fortunately , as it turned out , shyness got the better of me and I stayed put . |
| 8 | I 'm afraid curiosity got the better of me and now I have broken your mood . |
| 9 | My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go . |