Example sentences of "well than [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better than watching telly all day long . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I should have thought that even you knew better than to leave the car hermetically sealed . |
| 3 | He knew better than to leave that behind . |
| 4 | Left alone , often with children to support , former women compositors could do no better than ask for their old jobs back . |
| 5 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |
| 6 | She had lived many times on the edge of danger and she knew better than to sink back to sleep . |
| 7 | If you are elderly or widowed , organisations like Age Concern and CRUSE will actually help you with the practical details and , if not in either of these categories , you could do no better than go to your nearest Citizens ' Advice Bureau for some help . |
| 8 | In the south , this sympathy factor ensured that Congress ( I ) performed much better than had been expected . |
| 9 | The main opposition Democratic Party ( DP ) and the Unification National Party ( UNP — formed in January 1992 ) both did better than had been expected . |
| 10 | It was often used simply to mean a situation better than had prevailed before the war and it had a powerful if vague appeal . |
| 11 | The change did not mean that the new recruits to Parliament were any less committed to socialism : indeed , many of them probably understood its teachings even better than had the bulk of MPs of the pre-war era . |
| 12 | I could do no better than use the graphic terms in which my hon. Friend described Labour 's position . |
| 13 | Much better than booming out in an intimidating voice , " We ca n't hear you ! " |
| 14 | ( Stone 1988 : 38 ) ( " When Agamemnon does the unthinkable , i.e. brings his concubine home , something which he should have known better than to do … " ) |
| 15 | ( The Times , 13 June 1974 : 25.4 ; in Erdmann 1982 : 104 ) ( " Mr Benn has dared do something he should have known better than to do , given Prime Minister Wilson 's present hostility towards any statement that might upset private industry . " ) |
| 16 | She knew better than to invite him back to Water Gypsy for a coffee . |
| 17 | The letters , since this , had had to be collected from the boatyard office , and Laura felt that this made it not much better than living abroad . |
| 18 | ‘ Better than singing boastful tunes like ‘ Rule Britannia ’ as though you Brits were n't beaten hollow by us poor rebels , ’ was her riposte to that . |
| 19 | Before she could ask whom he intended to marry this time he said , ‘ After you left and I had that final bust-up with Marc I rang Marianne and told her she could do better than marry a penniless school-kid . ’ |
| 20 | Overall I think ZZAP ! is a very good magazine ( much better than CF ) and I will stand by it ( roll patriotic music ! ) through rain , show and worst of all , the CPC becoming the best 8-bit ! |
| 21 | Similarly , prospective employees know better than to rely on landscaping or other signals put out by employers and attempt , instead , to find out the inside story from their contacts . |
| 22 | She knew better than to urge them to dress in the fashions Lachlan had learned abroad ; but all the maids were driven frantic sewing silk and linen , gold thread , fur and leather . |
| 23 | However he knew better than to put the thought into words . |
| 24 | Susan explained as well as she could that at present they would n't want any help , whereupon the visitor bristled and announced that she was ‘ Blunt by name , and blunt by nature ’ , and knew better than to push herself in where she was n't wanted ! |
| 25 | Tribe knew better than to join the attack , unarmed and gunless . |
| 26 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 27 | In those days parents did not complain at such authoritarian behaviour — they knew better than argue with Mr. Russ who was a greatly respected member of the community . |
| 28 | He can do no better than argue that it involves apprehending things simultaneously rather than in succession though he does not explain how the successful mystic can transcend the limits of the magic number seven , which most psychologists agree is the maximum number of entities that can simultaneously be held before the mind . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Carson knew better than to use the Mercedes as in-town transport-traffic and parking problems made a car into a liability during the daytime . |