Example sentences of "[adv] than [verb] [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 | ‘ When we have so many spare rooms here it seemed eminently sensible , much better than allowing you to travel backwards and forwards . ’ |
| 6 | She had thought longingly of the candle left behind in Guy 's chamber , but had known better than to mention it . |
| 7 | Paige was startled by his assumption , but knew better than to deny it . |
| 8 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 9 | In practice it occurs when deaf children can write a word better than speak it . |
| 10 | But the president knew better than to let him go ; Mr Shultz stayed the course . |
| 11 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 12 | ‘ Better than to prolong it when I was n't particularly comfortable — and I suspect they were n't comfortable with me . ’ |
| 13 | When I got home I said , ‘ They ought to know you better than think you would marry a prostitute . ‘ |
| 14 | She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her , miserable sinner that she was . |
| 15 | Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I should have known better than to think you 'd back down . ’ |
| 18 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 19 | I can do no better than give it my full recommendation . |
| 20 | I also knew better than to seek him out . |
| 21 | ‘ Henry should know better than to keep you cooped up with his books . |
| 22 | Better than finding them in a flap and fearing higher rates , as they were a week ago . |
| 23 | It already makes black and white displays in the US , but demand for notebook personal computers with colour displays is growing , and Sharp says it would rather make these locally than export them from Japan , where they are still subject to perverse US anti-dumping duties . |
| 24 | In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas . |
| 25 | Such a catalogue inevitably tends to describe and characterise artists rather than evaluate them , while interpretation is likely to be left to quotations from the artists . |
| 26 | She should be blessing her young sister rather than cursing her , she thought wryly . |
| 27 | Try simple tack repairs yourself rather than taking them to a saddler . |
| 28 | They bark and jump around excitedly , becoming particularly frenetic if you stop somewhere else , rather than taking them immediately for a walk . |
| 29 | Art helps us to break out of this prison-house by subverting conventional sign-systems and forcing us to focus our attention on signs themselves rather than taking them for granted . |
| 30 | Bowes Museum is an art museum not a theme park , exercising children 's eyes and minds — their curiosity , powers of observation and fledgling intelligence — rather than taking them on a rollercoaster ride . |