Example sentences of "thought it better " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mungo 's head buzzed with a dozen more questions , but again he thought it better not to ask them . |
| 2 | She spoke with such vehemence Wilson thought it better not to risk a reply , though in her head she practised saying what nonsense she thought Mrs Browning spoke . |
| 3 | He thought it better not to mention it was he who had been responsible for both his accidents . |
| 4 | I told her no messages had been sent and suggested that if Uncle was a businessman — I thought it better not to mention that we already knew he was a multi-millionaire businessman — he might naturally tend to be secretive and that he might also be reluctant to broadcast the fact that he had lost his yacht through what might have been his own fault . |
| 5 | Perhaps they did n't want to scare me and thought it better not to say too much , but I wish they had said something . |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose . |