Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew better than to invite him back to Water Gypsy for a coffee . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 4 | More than five years of rebellions and civil war had honed his instincts to a fine edge , and he knew better than to ignore them . |
| 5 | She had thought longingly of the candle left behind in Guy 's chamber , but had known better than to mention it . |
| 6 | Paige was startled by his assumption , but knew better than to deny it . |
| 7 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 8 | But the president knew better than to let him go ; Mr Shultz stayed the course . |
| 9 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 10 | ‘ Better than to prolong it when I was n't particularly comfortable — and I suspect they were n't comfortable with me . ’ |
| 11 | She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her , miserable sinner that she was . |
| 12 | Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I should have known better than to think you 'd back down . ’ |
| 15 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 16 | I also knew better than to seek him out . |
| 17 | ‘ Henry should know better than to keep you cooped up with his books . |
| 18 | these values have to have an intrinsically prescriptive character , so that to know them is necessarily to have the will affected in a certain way . |
| 19 | Any sort of boat could have been used to ferry a body to midstream and to put it gently over the side in darkness . |
| 20 | Quite a number of speakers stressed the importance of events like this to bring people together and to help us recognise our collective strengths . |
| 21 | Even though no two people speak or write in just the same way , groups of people share sufficient language characteristics ( of accent , vocabulary and grammar ) to bind them together and to distinguish them from other groups . |
| 22 | Yet his subjects had a right of resistance , of rebellion against him , if he failed to rule them justly and to give them due protection . |
| 23 | Styles and designs vary greatly but to help you make your choice please note : |
| 24 | ‘ Very like ! ’ he said , knowing it was true , and knowing that he would not hold back so long as to let it be true . |
| 25 | IN MAKING float glass , molten glass is floated on molten metal , so as to smooth it perfectly on both sides . |
| 26 | I 've always made a point of borrowing money from women early in the relationship so as to give them a hold over me . |
| 27 | On the other hand , many fringe bodies are located on the fringe exactly in order to distance them from the core of government so as to give them a degree of independence from public control . |
| 28 | ( 7 ) The agreement will be construed so as to give it business efficacy . |
| 29 | ‘ It needs a born Highlander to understand aright our Scottish Highlanders ’ , goes on JTR , ‘ and to gather from them all the lore they know , so as to give us pictures that will live on in after ages . |
| 30 | As it is , he 's put off his fishing so as to entertain you — ’ |