Example sentences of "[be] better [subord] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must never think you 're better than somebody else just because of that . |
| 2 | It does n't mean you 're better than anyone else — just different , ’ says John . |
| 3 | And certainly they 're record to date has been better than ours so erm maybe we should |
| 4 | I would of thought you 'd of been better if you just well just sit down then love . |
| 5 | that 's because , you know , I 'm better than everyone else so that 's why everyone has to see wha everyone , everyone has to hear what I 'm saying |
| 6 | She had tried to be better than someone else and ended up proving herself even worse . |
| 7 | If you are to achieve harmony of mind and body , allow yourself to feel joy in your own achievement without always having to feel that it must be better than someone else 's . |
| 8 | Langhorne was an impossible , fiercely dangerous dirt track , practically round , full of ruts ; hot and unprotected , but Mario — as he often liked to point out — had n't been born with a silver spoon in his mouth ; he could n't afford the fare to Europe ; meanwhile , while dreaming of his grand prix heroes , he 'd just have to be better than anybody else at what was available . |
| 9 | He 's better than them even . |
| 10 | He made such an impact that Laughton soon admitted : ‘ He 's better than I ever dreamed . ’ |
| 11 | It 's better if you never ask . |
| 12 | Their sad reasoning goes that at least they are noticed when hit , and this is better than what otherwise feels like oblivion . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's why her pastry is better than anyone else 's . ’ |
| 14 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 15 | ‘ The orchestra is better than it ever was , ’ he enthused , ‘ and as always with the LPO they play slightly behind the beat , which is correct because if they played before it everybody would be lost . ’ |
| 16 | Such awareness can encourage learning that is motivated ( extrinsically ) by what John Holt called ‘ the ignoble satisfaction of feeling that one is better than someone else ’ . |
| 17 | game so they can have an effect on the child so that the outcome is better if you just if you do n't get to them till there the child 's done the SATS and it 's over |
| 18 | Sarah had a high opinion of herself , and always stood with her shoulders back and her pretty nose pointed skyward as if she was better than everyone else . |
| 19 | As soon as he is told Pip immediately begins to act like a snob , as if he was better than everyone else . |
| 20 | Always at the back of his mind was a serious actor trying to break out of the ‘ Carry On ’ mould , but while he was wanted for nothing more , says Percival , he was ready to go on showing that he was better than anyone else . |
| 21 | It was better if it never had happened . ’ |