Example sentences of "[adv] with [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My beer was to be in a posh hotel where I was being treated for my birthday , and after the heaven of getting out of a T-shirt that was generating its own new species of life in the arm pits , and into a hot bath , I looked forward to discussing the day eagerly with my companion . |
| 2 | He dressed quickly , all the time arguing fiercely with himself , working out possible conversations with his mother , and what he would say to her , the devastating arguments he would present … and all the time he knew that she would say her piece and he would agree . |
| 3 | Ace pulled her savagely into his arms , and possessed her mouth fiercely with his own . |
| 4 | Well , he would n't , would he ? she argued fiercely with herself ; he thought he knew the type of girl she was . |
| 5 | She had gone home to her room , she had debated fiercely with herself , she had rung up Rory 's mother . |
| 6 | ‘ We were rather brusque and offhand with her when she came in that first time , ’ Waterman remembered . |
| 7 | Dustin starts by playing Timothy Mouse to Voight 's Dumbo , although his voice seems to be dubbed by Mel Blanc , first as Daffy Duck ( whom he resembles somewhat with his beak and slicked-down black hair ) , then as a consumptive Bugs Bunny . |
| 8 | Horace may or may not have believed in the divinities and demi-gods he poetically invokes ( he often deals whimsically with them , and he describes himself as — not much of a churchgoer ) but they were at the very least a cultural property that he held in common with his audience ; he could assume that his readers — represented by Torquatus — would take the point if , in developing a theme , he reminded them of a name out of history or legend . |
| 9 | ‘ Giovanna may get on better with them . |
| 10 | What is more , each time the market leader unveiled a new processor , the Japanese competition went one better with its own machines . |
| 11 | American policy disliked EFTA as an unnecessary complication , not for what it was , but because the EEC seemed to fit better with its own strategic , if not economic , interests . |
| 12 | It has yet to be proved to me that these men out of the dingy side-streets ever did anything better with their free time and their shillings . ’ |
| 13 | With some concentrated help , they can learn to communicate much better with their own families and the world around them . |
| 14 | However , this need not be too serious an objection , and the fact that native speakers seem to think that this transcription fits better with their feelings about the language is a good argument in its favour . |
| 15 | Your mother had an amazing imagination — that 's where yours comes from — she could have done so much better with her life … |
| 16 | After a while I decided it was best to try and help her get on better with her father , and now by interfering between them I 've been the cause of her being kidnapped . |
| 17 | How simple and shining it all had looked when she was young and mama was preaching democracy and she went one better with her faith in Fabian Socialism . |
| 18 | I can talk better with me teeth in . ’ |
| 19 | THE Queen has always liked Fergie and gets on much better with her than she does with her other daughter-in-law , Princess Diana . |
| 20 | The girls got on better with her than any of the rest of us did . |
| 21 | But at least she knew her kids were going to grow up : I know nothing 's going to change for the better with her . |
| 22 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |
| 23 | To summarise , then ; On one hand we have the environmental savings , the fewer natural resources used up , less land wasted on rubbish , and people feeling a lot better with themselves ; and on the other , the high costs of recycling , and the cost of the end product . |
| 24 | The one good thing was that I began to get on much better with my children . |
| 25 | I would do no better with my dream . |
| 26 | If this innocent practice helps you relax and to cope better with your pregnancy , I reckon you should just lie back and enjoy it . |
| 27 | I hope get on better with your Glen Ess women than me . |
| 28 | Dennis Hopper fared no better with his masterpiece , The Last Movie , and the outcome , especially in his personal life , would hold some interesting developments for Nicholson . |
| 29 | By the end of the programme Gary was much happier , showing much more pro-social behaviour and getting on a good deal better with his parents . |
| 30 | His attitude was that of one the soldiers whose income by the sword he said he would better with his pen . |