Example sentences of "i know better " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words : ‘ As an important chap from England , I know better . ’ |
| 2 | But now I know better . |
| 3 | She makes my tea with the same water she boils the eggs , she says she do n't but I know better and you know what that does . |
| 4 | ‘ All right , I know better . |
| 5 | Still if you mind 's made up , I know better than to argue with you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh you say that but I know better . |
| 7 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I know better now . |
| 9 | And I — fool — think I know better . |
| 10 | ‘ Even I know better than that . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My lord , I know better than any that I am not his match , ’ said Harry , stung and colouring vividly . |
| 12 | He said in a letter to shareholders : ‘ I believe that I know better than anyone what makes Amstrad operate and what needs to be done in order to secure its future . |
| 13 | but I knew that before I moved there he says I know better |
| 14 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 15 | I knew better than to go in . |
| 16 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 17 | I knew better than to inquire . |
| 18 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 19 | Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ? |
| 20 | Afterwards I felt ashamed that I thought I knew better than they did , especially when they were doing everything for free . |
| 21 | I knew better than to interrupt . |
| 22 | Only I knew better . |
| 23 | Then I knew better . |