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get the better of
1. In truth he was anything but naive and would get the better of people in negotiations while letting them chase him directly where he wanted them to go
2. Eventually the yawns get the better of both of us
3. Andy swallowed nervously and then kicked himself for allowing his fears to get the better of him
4. concerned that he had let his temper get the better of him
5. better than to get the better of these impish girls, who usually get
6. Then she exhorted me to be wary of Tommy Smith and not to let him get the better of me
7. I knew she was being sarcastic and trying to mock me, but I did not allow it to get the better of me
8. Thomas let his curiosity get the better of him and he
9. Again he dreamed, this time of the sun and moon and eleven stars all bowing down to him and once again he innocently let his enthusiasm get the better of any wisdom he might have had and he recounted the dream to his brothers, this time even angering his father, Jacob
10. If she could face a hungry predator in Africa, certainly a few spider webs were not going to get the better of her
11. Can’t let greed get the better of you
12. The other half will get the better of you
13. She knew he was unhappy in his job but she was worried that his restless spirit might get the better of him
14. Sometimes their emotional side would get the better of them too, in that they had to repress their feelings about their demise
15. Terry spent months in solitary confinement after attacking inmates and officers who tried to get the better of him
16. He wasn’t going to let his brain get the better of him
17. How could I mistake the gentle kisses in the limo and the long, probing goodbye kiss at the airport for anything other than affection, want, interest? Am I searching for something that isn’t there, or am I just allowing their suggestions to get the better of me? The premise of a lack of interest based on e-mails was slightly absurd,
18. can finally get the better of the Maynwarings
19. She was certain this time she had managed to get the better of him
20. Since God is only releasing this money into our daily lives so we can properly live, work, and function for Him, it is extremely important that we not let all of this money get the better of us and start to pull us away from God and the divine plan that He has set up for all of our lives
21. Her reporter's nose for a story began to get the better of her
22. get the better of you? There was no girl in here
23. grief would get the better of her
24. Before yesterday, she had all the intentions of fighting this, and finding a way to escape, and show these bastards, that she wouldnt allow them to get the better of her
25. and that no drunken whore would ever get the better of me, the way she did
26. all this time, he has tried with all his might to not allow his emotion to get the better of him, out of fear of overlooking some vital piece of information
27. He knew that he could not allow his emotions to get the better of him again
28. She always called him that when she was trying to get the better of him
29. His eyes, although ringed with fatigue, still burned with grim determination, as if he’d never let the killer get the better of him
30. Stressed out Cretan males allowed their savage instincts to get the better of them
31. “Did she appear fully conscious or in a sleepwalking state?” interjected Mr Edwards who feared Peter’s extreme nervousness might get the better of him
32. outrage could get the better of her questions came
33. In a moment of weakness, they let their irritability get the better of them
34. You can't get the better of the immortal gods by the mere power of material contrivances
35. And how he had been so worried by what passed, that as soon as he had went away from his mother's house, he had got upon his horse, and rid into the country, some where or other; and how he had stayed about at an inn all Thursday and Friday, on purpose to get the better of it
36. My affection for Marianne, my thorough conviction of her attachment to me--it was all insufficient to outweigh that dread of poverty, or get the better of those false ideas of the necessity of riches, which I was naturally inclined to feel, and expensive society had increased
37. arm round my neck, and was endeavouring to get the better of that
38. She’d let her temper get the better of her
39. Then fearing that his paroxysm might get the better of him, he clutched with one hand the branch of a tree against which he was leaning, and with the other convulsively grasped the dagger with a carved handle which was in his belt, and which, unwittingly, he drew from the scabbard from time to time
40. You will have occasion for your best manhood, and for a sharper wit than what is to be gathered in books, afore you outdo the cunning or get the better of the courage of a Mingo
41. Not knowing that I saw them, and setting herself to get the better of them, she said quietly,—
42. At the same time he made me feel his own engine, which was so well wound up, as to stand even the working in water, and he accordingly threw one arm round my neck, and was endeavouring to get the better of that harsher construction bred by the surrounding fluid; and had in effect one hiway so far as to make me sensible of the pleasing stretch of those nether lips, from the in-driving machine; when, independent of my not liking that awkward mode of enjoyment, I could not help interrupting him, in order to become joint spectators of a plan of joy, in hot operation between Emily and her partner; who impatient of the fooleriesand dalliance of the bath, had led his nymph to one of the benches on the green bank, where he was very cordially proceeding to teach her the difference betwixt jest and earnest
43. Just like he wouldn’t let a high beta stock (stocks that move the most intraday on average compared to other stocks) get the better of him
44. Oppenheimer analyst David Goldman let his enthusiasm get the better of him-he quit his cushy analyst job in October and went to work for Cott as the investor relations officer
45. And though there was no second glance to disturb her, though his object seemed then to be only quietly agreeable, she could not get the better of her embarrassment, heightened as it was by the idea of his perceiving it, and had no composure till he turned away to some one else
46. And how he had been so worried by what passed, that as soon as he had went away from his mother’s house, he had got upon his horse, and rid into the country, some where or other; and how he had stayed about at an inn all Thursday and Friday, on purpose to get the better of it
47. My affection for Marianne, my thorough conviction of her attachment to me—it was all insufficient to outweigh that dread of poverty, or get the better of those false ideas of the necessity of riches, which I was naturally inclined to feel, and expensive society had increased
48. I have been pained by her manner this morning, and cannot get the better of it
49. She tried to get the better of it; tried very hard, as the dinner hour approached, to feel and appear as usual; but it was quite impossible for her not to look most shy and uncomfortable when their visitor entered the room
50. Rushworth, was received by her with a coldness which ought to have been repulsive, and have established apparent indifference between them for ever; but he was mortified, he could not bear to be thrown off by the woman whose smiles had been so wholly at his command: he must exert himself to subdue so proud a display of resentment; it was anger on Fanny's account; he must get the better of it, and make Mrs
