Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] know [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the latter situation subjects were given a cue prior to the stimulus presentation ( pre-cued condition ) so that they knew beforehand whether to report the inner or outer column or the letters printed in a particular colour . |
| 2 | She had lived many times on the edge of danger and she knew better than to sink back to sleep . |
| 3 | and we know better than to surrender . |
| 4 | He never gave an explanation and they knew better than to ask , but they guessed it would be a problem connected with his increasing consumption of drink . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Graham was only a little impatient , and he knew better than to try to hurry Slater up . |
| 7 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 8 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 9 | She wondered what he meant by that last remark about his brother , so quickly bitten off , but she knew better than to ask . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Hereabouts , Beryl Love 's ashes must have been scattered beneath a rose bush , though he knew better than to think Ernie might have invested in a memorial plaque . |