Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adv] than [verb] " in BNC.

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1 She had lived many times on the edge of danger and she knew better than to sink back to sleep .
2 and we know better than to surrender .
3 But the road that ran from the town , called Théovard , by-passed Les Glycines five hundred yards to the north , and we dismounted rather than run the motor cycle over the pitted lane .
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 .
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