Example sentences of "[noun prp] know [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Posh Porky knew exactly when and where she was born and never stopped reminding us all that she was nearly a year younger than anyone else in the class . |
| 2 | The woman that she 'd seen last night at the top of the stairs was nowhere around , and Lucy knew better than to ask . |
| 3 | Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran . |
| 4 | He looked up again , pointed to the rajathuk which Tallis knew better than all , because of her own obsession with the wood … |
| 5 | The men of Ring 's Amusements still worked in Sir Walter Raleigh Park , but the Dynmouth Hards knew better than to engage these men in any form of combat . |
| 6 | But the people of England knew better and continued to read and delight in their chapbooks . |
| 7 | Elena knew instinctively that by building up a separate cult of herself — in many ways more spurious and grotesque than anything created for her husband — she was laying the foundations for her own take-over in the event of Nicolae 's death . |
| 8 | Alida knew better than to follow up that particular avenue of thought . |
| 9 | Eva knew better than to interrupt one of Adolf 's laboured jokes . |
| 10 | Cadillac knew otherwise and suggested the RAC take three identical cars from its showroom , strip them down and scramble the parts . |
| 11 | True , Chelsea know better than most about gravity after the way their annual hopes come crashing down — just like Isaac 's apple , in fact . |
| 12 | Victor knew immediately that his terrible creation had committed this murder but stayed silent , because he feared being thought deranged . |
| 13 | But even as she chuckled , Phoebe knew now that this was not fair . |
| 14 | And Jessamy knew better than to argue with him when he used that particular tone of voice . |
| 15 | John Delaney knew now that all along it had been hunting them , that it was still hunting them , waiting for the right moment to pick them off at will , one at a time . |
| 16 | He said it thoughtfully , as though he might reconsider , but Philip knew then that he had no intention of changing . |
| 17 | Sam knew better than to interrupt her flow . |
| 18 | In fact , Byrne knew better and eventually resigned without making another move because he realised that he was due to be mated within four moves ! |
| 19 | Nor did Marian know why but she felt a decided unwillingness to open the sack . |
| 20 | Lucasta knew instinctively that it belonged to a woman . |
| 21 | And Major Vasily Kypov knew well that he commanded Captain Yuri Rudakov in name only . |
| 22 | Jimmy Wilde , our centre-half , made an excellent debut for us in preventing Simpson from scoring but manager Fred Maven and Secretary Edmund Goodman knew immediately that this was a man who could do great things for Palace . |
| 23 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 24 | Huy knew better than to speak . |
| 25 | God knows why but the cardinal had taken a liking to them and decreed that no one should harm them . |
| 26 | God knows why but all three parties were . |
| 27 | Somehow — God knows why or how — it had turned into a victory for Mrs Goreng . |
| 28 | He killed Selkirk , Ruthven and Irvine , though God knows why or how . ’ |
| 29 | I take trouble with my appearance though God knows why when the office is full of philistines . |
| 30 | ‘ Whether Mills knew then that he was KGB , we 'll never know , but they certainly got on very well together . |