| The light-hearted banter often gives way to arguments before someone intervenes with a joke to lighten the mood. |   |
| The banter by all these sophisticated Manhattanites is also refreshingly tart. | |
| On April 20 whilst waiting in the town hall with dignitaries and other councillors prior to the induction some banter and badinage took place. | |
| He prefers marital banter with his wife on the phone to talking about measurements and ingredients. | |
| Vaudevillian attempts at wacky accents and screwball banter lack rhythm and come off as flat as week-old pop. | |
| He was a very cheerful character and liked nothing more than to have a bit of banter with his friends. | |
| The verbal sparring and playful banter with her is really starting to ratchet up some interesting tension. | |
| Pupils often emphasised that teasing was not seen as harmful, but as a part of everyday banter, often between friends. | |
| It was 20 minutes into the game when any prospect of good-natured banter disappeared. | |
| As well as exchanging witty banter with Candyman Baker, David knows how to save money on clothes, eating out and pet food. | |
| For a barrel of laughs, go and see this likeable duo as they entertain and exchange banter across a farm fence. | |
| After spending time in friendly, confidence-winning banter, Dave made it clear he had more on his mind. | |
| I watched him play Federer and it was a light-hearted affair with plenty of friendly banter. | |
| Constant exchanges of intelligent banter and a pretty unsettling appearance hold the atmosphere to a sharp edge. | |
| The long looks and teasing banter was a thin barrier of what really lay between them. | |
| The friendly banter shows Hayes has succeeded in creating a dynamic corporate climate. | |
| With McEwan in full flow, Watson sticks his head round the door and instigates some friendly banter. | |
| At first, their banter is friendly, until Heston realizes Moore is not on his side. | |
| They continued their playful banter for a while and then were silent for a long time. | |
| Of course round these parts we all love Mr Holland, with his cheeky east-end banter and barrelhouse joanna-thumping style. | |
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| Unfortunately, far too many films contain wacky crime capers that lead into shenanigans which gives way to witty, edgy banter. | |
| Most of us can't afford sub-editors or proof-readers to polish our prose and buff up our banter. | |
| Instead of witty banter, lines are delivered blandly, leaving little room for laughs or sexual tension. | |
| Laura scowled, this banter could go on for hours, and tonight she was in no mood for it, handling Ryan was enough for the time being. | |
| Many were the nights of great banter, chat and fun that were enjoyed under this roof. | |
| They'll all come on as themselves and will get a slagging and have a bit of banter with the audience. | |
| Friendly banter between the two bus drivers continued with each set of supporters waving flags and indulging in quick-witted slagging. | |
| Of course the usual banter and the slagging started, with challenges being thrown down left, right and centre. | |
| The good humour and banter continued with the local trio all participating in the slagging. | |
| Endless banter was part of his game, but not the truculence and obscenities of the modern sledger. | |
| Officers won't be finger-pointing and nannying but having some banter with the teenagers. | |
| Shaw was often criticized for writing plays full of unsubstantial, if witty, banter. | |
| He may know how to pen witty banter and put hip twists on soapy situations, but he'd better give his characters some depth. | |
| A keen socialiser, he enjoyed a bit of banter and was noted in the community as a quiet, gentle and kind man. | |
| The works are known and celebrated for their witty banter and deft socio-political critiques. | |
| He enjoyed the conversation and banter around the table and his absence now is sorely felt. | |
| The lavish event was then rounded off nicely with quiet Tequila and Jagermeister nightcaps and jovial banter amongst the attendees. | |
| The film is a pastiche of screwball and noir, full of fast talk, funny banter, and venetian blind shadows. | |
| The challenge of understanding the Scottish banter and buckling down to Scottish ways has already begun. | |
| This is as dark and downbeat as they come, the occasional lighter moments of banter notwithstanding. | |
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| However, her cleverness and talent for witty banter makes it so she never comes across as being oppressed. | |
| The mood is buoyant, the banter is sporadic and the outcome is patchy, if not mostly enjoyable. | |
| And it certainly appeared that way, with no shortage of banter and camaraderie. | |
| He always liked to come back to Ballindine and have the crack and banter with the locals. | |
| For the crack and banter and meeting old acquaintances, no journey was too far for the inimitable Tom. | |
| They were widely known in former times, larger than life and a family who always enjoyed the crack and banter. | |
| According to the actor, their on-screen banter is mirrored by his off-screen friendship with his co-star. | |
| Writing and ranting that is neither clever nor funny hardly qualifies as banter. | |
| I continued to listen and hushed you and your toddler banter, as we made our way to your school. | |
| But the smile of mine host, and his friendly banter, makes up for any forced journeys. | |
| He has a talent for sweet talk, mischievous banter, illicit liaisons, less than legit business dealings and general chaos. | |
| Mr Adams spent time exchanging small talk and enjoying the good-humoured banter, signing autographs and receiving hugs and kisses. | |
| Through their humour, wit and banter, they made significant observations and remarks on social issues. | |
| As we walk past the High Court in Glasgow, passers-by call out affectionately to him and he returns the banter. | |
| Seemingly improvised banter is shared across a table as Jarmusch urges us to sit back and watch the magic unfold. | |
| The back and forth banter is a lot of fun and a lot of physical humour has been injected into the game. | |
| Cran's concert performances are a stunning display of technical virtuosity combined with fun and humour, banter and stories. | |
| Both halves are packed with the duo's explosive instrumental music, and feature remarkably little in the way of stage banter or dialogue. | |
| It was the banter between them before the starting bell, not the fisticuffs that followed, that was the fight's main attraction. | |
| But the jokes, slang and heavy irony that make up the established banter of the building trade could be heading for extinction. | |
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| The friendly banter that shot back and forth between the team had quickly drawn him in. | |
| Michelle wondered how to crowbar this conversation around from their usual brand of easy banter to something with a little more bite. | |
| Only when the venison and its wild mushroom galette and red wine sauce had disappeared did the banter resume. | |
| As much as I love banter with the lads, I need girl talk from time to time too. | |
| Halberstam chronicles some of the hazing and banter, but for the most part this vividly masculine world is denatured. | |
| So the good-natured banter and dressing room style bonhomie had been shattered by a traitor in our midst. | |
| From the Greeks, we learned that determination easily trumps the banter of cynics. | |
| The dancing has to match the play's quicksilver banter, step for step, with skill and style. | |
| We've already shared a bit of banter but for that 90 minutes we will be very serious about what we have to do for our respective countries. | |
| Bartending is about banter and jocularity, but it is also often about maintaining a cautious eye, and to some extent, babysitting. | |
| And she knows just how tough it will be not being able to join in the jolly banter on a busy evening. | |
| For a medium that thrives on ad-lib banter, trying to find appropriate words when there are none can easily sound banal. | |
| The presence of these loveable rogues drew crowds to enjoy their banter and rapid-fire wit. | |
| However, like any gracious Cork man I have kept my head down and taken the banter like a man. | |
| Hanahoe is a great wit and began the banter that day when congratulating Kerry on their 5-11 to 0-9 win. | |
| The court recorder had transcribed the actual testimony but not the courtroom banter during the rest of the proceedings. | |
| The man knows how to work the crowd, but the smiley banter between songs keeps it from looking too cynical. | |
| Many expect audience banter to be a bit of light relief from more scripted material. | |
| On the dusty streets of Addis Ababa, O'Sullivan is at home trading banter with hawkers and children in Amharic, the Ethiopian language. | |
| The pantomime is a laugh a minute with curly wigs, outrageous costumes, banter and confusion the order of the day. | |
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| He is no longer responsible for the day-to-day running of the chain, but he still makes time for jolly banter with the staff. | |
| But he could not resist offering a little light-hearted banter when asked how team management had dealt with the issue. | |
| Young people were engrossed in light-hearted banter, and seemed determined to stay till the end and enjoy the entire variety show. | |
| He assumed our conversation was simply banter and thought I had crossed a line. | |
| Choreographers, who are directing from the stage apron, banter with the teachers. | |
| A rustic, who engages the Queen in quibbling banter, brings asps concealed in a basket of figs. | |
| And indeed ominous rumblings of discontent could be heard beneath the cheerful banter of returning faculty and staff. | |
| It is very nice that they love each other and all, but their banter did get a bit saccharine at times. | |
| The game commentators also made the telegenic 20-year-old and his hometown the main topic of their banter between plays. | |
| The banter continued unabated even as the songs flowed unendingly. | |
| Banter or insults that in the past would have been brushed off with a smile or a riposte are now made a matter for the police. | |
| On stage, the duo really shine, with heartfelt songs delivered with evident passion, while the between song banter shows a wry sense of humour, which also infuses their music. | |
| Her sly, skewering banter and provocative cynicism were her defense in a male-dominated profession and also her selling point. | |
| Paulo Costanzo is welcome and again bashes away excellently at the banter. | |
| Madcap banter and witty repartee were the way everyone conversed. | |
| To an outsider the banter, the seeming indifference to the awful things being done to the patient in this room in the cause of health, are shocking. | |
| In summer its narrow streets are thronged with tour buses, its bars and restaurants noisy with the polyglot banter of tourists from Idaho, Oslo and Moscow. | |
| There are moments of exultation and frustration, of nail-biting anxiety, and the normal banter that characterizes any workplace. | |
| Most of their affectionate banter borders on the painful humiliating putdown, with Jamie loving to imitate Paul's manic mannerisms behind his back. | |
| Few of us sit down every day, as they do across much of Europe, for a relaxing family meal that could take up to three hours of fun-filled banter and merrymaking to consume. | |
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| Regulars are a combination of young trendies, moneyed bankers and bohemian artists and musicians, the kind of eclectic mix that makes for great bar side banter. | |
| It was just early morning locker-room banter after a tennis game. | |
| Then, the panel seemed actually to run amok, lost in their self-referential, self-obsessed banter. | |
| Maxine was keeping up a cheerful banter all the way to my rooms, but by then I was too tired to reply in more than monosyllables between the yawns. | |
| Everyone knows each other, so there's friendly banter between Wayne the instructor and his group of out of shape ladies and one incredibly buff young man. | |
| Lucio's banter with two gentlemen is interrupted by Mistress Overdone's announcement that Claudio is being carried off to prison for getting Juliet with child. | |
| The audience joined in the banter and sang along to musical hall songs. | |
| The art of banter, which is both a workplace and television writer's art, the true insider's patois, may be at the heart of The West Wing's success. | |
| Off they went into the flat and after some happy Liverpuddlian banter I could hear the sounds of air freshener being liberally scooshed around the flat. | |
| Jokes and banter are exchanged and students are encouraged to loosen up. | |
| Most people will remember him his football achievements, all of which are well documented but I will still remember him for the slagging and the banter. | |
| I missed my Dad a lot in the Philippines, especially our playful banter. | |
| Their playful banter was interrupted when Louis walked into the room. | |
| Lunch was punctuated by cheerful banter, with everyone in high spirits. | |
| Either McInnes is in for the long haul or he is hopelessly optimistic to believe he can indulge in the cut and thrust of French banter by the time the season ends. | |
| The entertainment progressed into the evening, with various other performers taking turns at the microphone to engage in picong and hearty banter. | |
| And will be lonelier to do, than when we could banter as we worked, making the work go faster as the sweat fell, seeming to be easier as we took on the task together. | |
| Miki Indyk, an Australian-Israeli living in Tel Aviv, was happy to hear the two banter. | |
| More witty banter ensues as the duo handily defeats the thugs. | |
| Initially he was brought in to exchange bar room banter in Cheers. | |
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| Undeterred he ploughs on, and all are soon engaged in jolly banter. | |
| There's banter about the choice of music, some light-hearted joshing. | |
| The tone is set by banter and laddishness, in which crudeness and vulgarity often tends to be a substitute for real wit rather than an organic component of it. | |
| I for one will sorely miss his banter as he cruised past the trip boat. | |
| While the anecdotes and inside jokes are enjoyable enough, the banter does wear a bit thin and listeners are left wishing for more substantive comments. | |
| And yet, despite the banter, the crux of the issue is the feasibility of it all. | |
| She watched as Ludmilla exchanged banter with the outcaste veteran. | |
| If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them. | |
| The festive day normally draws to a close with participants and spectators retiring to pub for drink and banter. | |
| The matches between the two clubs are said to have bragging rights at stake and banter between the fans of both clubs is commonplace. | |
| The trio garnered many positive reviews, with Faldo and Azinger often exchanging verbal barbs and engaging in humorous banter. | |
| Her salon, primarily populated by other noblewomen, was an oasis for polite discussion, refined manners, literary composition and playful banter. | |
| It was all foreplay, however, for the best presenter banter of all time. | |
| Pepper era, and re-creates an early 1960s live concert, with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles and onstage banter. | |
| Expect a huge stage set and consistent banter and dissing that'll have his lawyers cacking it. | |
| This bullying continuum illustrates the progressive escalation from harmless banter to bullying and criminal behaviours. | |
| I get to banter with them and especially Imelda Staunton, who is Knotgrass. | |
| Toking up was implied by smoky backgrounds and non sequiturial banter. | |
| Then there was much mirth and banter over the swift sneakings for home of certain men carrying large portions of puarka. | |
| The banter and antsiness of small children is no more disturbing than the throat-clearing, coughing, talking, and bulletin-reading of adults. | |
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| They banter with Alex Trebek and tell stories of life after Jeopardy! | |
| It was a great chemistry and there was a bit of banter afterwards because Poults was an Arsenal fan, he gave me a bit of stick. | |
| There was plenty of time to banter before getting down to business. | |
| The bloodbath temporarily abates for brotherly banter inside the claustrophobic tank, but the air is always chokingly thick with impending doom. | |
| Delevingne is a puckish, cynical foil to Wolff's naivete, and Abrams and Smith banter effectively as the comic relief. | |
| Delevingne is a puckish, cynical foil to Wolff 's naivete, and Abrams and Smith banter effectively as the comic relief. | |
| Beauty Shop closely follows the Barbershop template, concentrating on the playful banter between the crimpers and their customers. | |
| The city has a tradition of political graffiti depicting everything from outrageous slander to witty banter and limericks, caricatures, and propaganda. | |
| Although often unfairly written off as a cheesy bunch of balladeers, Crowded House at their best are versatile and affecting and Neil Finn had plenty of good banter. | |
| With lots of blokey banter and basically sitting around having a laugh talking about sport, I don't think Corden will be ditching the show any time soon. | |
| So get ready for a night of jokes, banter and hilarious mickey-taking. | |
| He can still react spikily to what the considers a curmudgeonly question but he had a bit of friendly banter with some of his critics at a press conference last week. | |
| But it forgoes the crackling pace, light touch and surprisingly sophisticated sexual banter of the original, opting for melancholy, ominousness and sentimentality. | |
| Recently I have seen reports that feminists have been complaining about wolf-whistles and cheeky banter made to them as they pass men working on building sites. | |
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