Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] [subord] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Wilson and Jones , in their investigations of this effect , did not test the carcinogens on cells , but on DNA extracted from cells and treated so as to make it mimic the methylated DNA of a dividing cell . |
2 | Susan explained as well as she could that at present they would n't want any help , whereupon the visitor bristled and announced that she was ‘ Blunt by name , and blunt by nature ’ , and knew better than to push herself in where she was n't wanted ! |
3 | He looked from one to the other of their faces but knew better than to open his mouth . |
4 | Paige was startled by his assumption , but knew better than to deny it . |
5 | A complicating factor , so often seen in evolution , involves the ‘ cheats ’ , for there are many species with non-nutritious seed appendages but coloured so as to mimic them , e.g. species of Ormosia and Rhynchosia ( Leguminosae ) . |