Example sentences of "but [pers pn] know well [subord] " in BNC.

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1 But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school .
2 But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver .
3 But you know better than that , do n't you , Liu Chang ?
4 She wondered what he meant by that last remark about his brother , so quickly bitten off , but she knew better than to ask .
5 Beryl meant that Adam had been among the previous owners of Wyvis Hall while her husband had not , but she knew better than to point this out .
6 Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously .
7 He was a leading figure in social evolution — his second book , on the origin of civilisation as shown by the mental and social condition of savages , was published in 1870 , the year before The Descent of Man by his dear friend Charles Darwin — but he knew better than to talk of evolution in Parliament .
8 Come out wherever you are and let's get it over with " , but he knew better than that .
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