Example sentences of "curiosity [verb] the better " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curiosity got the better of Yanto however , and having vaulted the fence , he made his way over the one hundred and fifty yards of re-claimed field that separated the pub from the riverbank . |
| 2 | But after a bit my curiosity got the better of me and I spread my fingers slowly to peep through . |
| 3 | But when curiosity got the better of us we found ourselves almost immediately drawn to a highland community where , like a long-awaiting gift , we were invited to build a house for about a thousand pounds on a verdant piece of property . |
| 4 | Her curiosity got the better of her . |
| 5 | Then curiosity got the better of him . |
| 6 | I 'm afraid curiosity got the better of me and now I have broken your mood . |
| 7 | But then , as the silence lengthened and fitzAlan still did n't move , curiosity got the better of her . |
| 8 | When he said no more , curiosity got the better of her and she asked , ‘ So what is she ? ’ |
| 9 | Curiosity got the better of her . |
| 10 | ‘ What is it ? ’ she asked suspiciously , curiosity getting the better of her . |
| 11 | ‘ It sounds lovely , ’ she said warmly , and then , her curiosity getting the better of her , she asked with a teasing smile , ‘ Why was Sylvia truly blessed ? ’ |
| 12 | He seldom let his curiosity get the better of him again . |
| 13 | But curiosity had the better of her . |