Example sentences of "[noun] know well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman that she 'd seen last night at the top of the stairs was nowhere around , and Lucy knew better than to ask . |
| 2 | The President knew well that Diem 's rule was both repressive and corrupt , but the idea of an alternative government made up of members of the opposition National Liberation Front ( NLF ) and including some Communists was rejected by the Americans . |
| 3 | But the president knew better than to let him go ; Mr Shultz stayed the course . |
| 4 | I shoulda known better than to send two dumb clucks like that . ’ |
| 5 | He looked up again , pointed to the rajathuk which Tallis knew better than all , because of her own obsession with the wood … |
| 6 | The men of Ring 's Amusements still worked in Sir Walter Raleigh Park , but the Dynmouth Hards knew better than to engage these men in any form of combat . |
| 7 | But the people of England knew better and continued to read and delight in their chapbooks . |
| 8 | Alida knew better than to follow up that particular avenue of thought . |
| 9 | Eva knew better than to interrupt one of Adolf 's laboured jokes . |
| 10 | It took an enormous amount of discussion to persuade me that we had enough intrinsic skills to mount a successful oil operation , but those closer to the competition and the marketplace knew better than I their own relative abilities . |
| 11 | True , Chelsea know better than most about gravity after the way their annual hopes come crashing down — just like Isaac 's apple , in fact . |
| 12 | And Jessamy knew better than to argue with him when he used that particular tone of voice . |
| 13 | Sam knew better than to interrupt her flow . |
| 14 | In fact , Byrne knew better and eventually resigned without making another move because he realised that he was due to be mated within four moves ! |
| 15 | Mada Madam Speaker my honourable friend knows well that the purpose er of what has been said and what is being considered about air strikes er is to is is to bring about er the er cessation of the sort of bombardment that we have seen in Sarajevo and I think everybody will want to see that effort successfully er completed . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman knows well that the Government must order their priorities and he knows the extent of construction needed after buildings have been bombed . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman knows well that the UFC is not one of my responsibilities . |
| 18 | And Major Vasily Kypov knew well that he commanded Captain Yuri Rudakov in name only . |
| 19 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 20 | Huy knew better than to speak . |
| 21 | Lewis knew well that most of the dons would vote for David Cecil or E. K. Chambers . |
| 22 | No man knew better than he the value of a generous gesture . |
| 23 | Student astrologers , along with some scientists , often try to defend astrology as a logical workable system , but the old hands know better than to try . |
| 24 | ‘ I suppose your angels know better than me ? ’ |
| 25 | Carson knew better than to use the Mercedes as in-town transport-traffic and parking problems made a car into a liability during the daytime . |
| 26 | Miss Logan knew better than to reply , let alone plead the cause of the amiable Archimandrite . |
| 27 | Admiral Hawkins , as the General has just said , is in a position of having to cope with almost impossible circumstances which , as you are in a position to know better than most , involves making almost impossible decisions . |
| 28 | ‘ From these organisations have come community leaders who often were never involved in anything prior to this experience , people who too often believed that others knew better and could make better decisions . |
| 29 | ‘ Prince Sihanouk knows well that the problem is not the Hun Sen government , but the Khmer Rouge . |
| 30 | Similarly , prospective employees know better than to rely on landscaping or other signals put out by employers and attempt , instead , to find out the inside story from their contacts . |