Example sentences of "you [verb] better than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lose a ride to one of your best friends , on the horse people had said you rode better than anyone else — that too was racing . |
| 2 | You may find that you sleep better than before ( and can throw away any sleeping pills you may have been taking ) , that you have got rid of that nagging headache or that the muscles in your neck and shoulders suddenly feel warm and relaxed . |
| 3 | ‘ You deserved better than a one-night stand , Kate . |
| 4 | ‘ You know better than that , ’ the shepherd mumbled . |
| 5 | NATO planes , as you know better than all of us , are all around us . |
| 6 | And above all , as you know better than anybody , the ‘ biology of aesthetic pleasure ’ , which you have just explained , has to take account of differences between epochs , civilisations and , obviously , within the same society , between individuals . |
| 7 | And this is really important — you should never , ever assume that you know better than they , what they want — and never let anyone else persuade you that they know better than you , what you want . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh come now , you know better than that . |
| 9 | But you know better than that , do n't you , Liu Chang ? |
| 10 | ‘ You know better than to ask questions like that . |
| 11 | You know better than that . ’ |
| 12 | Although I 've no doubt you know better than we do what the opposition are |
| 13 | ‘ You know better than most , Naylor , that there were some nights when I could n't bear to let him go home at all ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Now , Irish , you know better than that , ’ he said with a cheeky grin , and left her alone for a few minutes . |
| 15 | the , the , Daniel was living , you know , you know better than I do how many years , how many centuries Daniel was living before Jesus ' birth then ? |
| 16 | You know better than those um ones that has got you know ? |
| 17 | ‘ I should have thought that even you knew better than to leave the car hermetically sealed . |