Example sentences of "[vb -s] better [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man who is working for Britain and doing it brilliantly , deserves better than to have his income support allowance stopped . |
| 2 | There 's nothing she likes better than to reminisce about the days when my … my father was a boy . |
| 3 | The right-wing coalition knows better than to ask for any help from the Greens . |
| 4 | ‘ She knows better than to ask . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Now the good Lord knows better than to rain on the new Sandiford baby 's head . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Charlie Smith knows better than to lie to me . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman knows better than to put questions like that now . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman knows better than to start challenging my ruling . |