Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] better [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 2 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 3 | She wondered what he meant by that last remark about his brother , so quickly bitten off , but she knew better than to ask . |
| 4 | Beryl meant that Adam had been among the previous owners of Wyvis Hall while her husband had not , but she knew better than to point this out . |
| 5 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 6 | 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 . |