Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the protagonists ' encounter with a postman who is too drunk to articulate properly or to deliver his letters , which he keeps dropping in the street , is one of a series of symbolic episodes expressing the generalized breakdown of communication in a country that has lost all sense of social cohesion . |
| 2 | She knew better than to invite him back to Water Gypsy for a coffee . |
| 3 | She knew better than to urge them to dress in the fashions Lachlan had learned abroad ; but all the maids were driven frantic sewing silk and linen , gold thread , fur and leather . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When the initial grief of the desertion had passed she had known better than to mention her father 's name . |
| 8 | She had thought longingly of the candle left behind in Guy 's chamber , but had known better than to mention it . |
| 9 | Paige was startled by his assumption , but knew better than to deny it . |
| 10 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 11 | Ex-Eton schoolboy Jonathan Barton was bullied but unlike Charles , he knew better than to take his complaint to the headmaster . |
| 12 | But the president knew better than to let him go ; Mr Shultz stayed the course . |
| 13 | He looked from one to the other of their faces but knew better than to open his mouth . |
| 14 | He knew better than to contradict anything his uncle said . |
| 15 | She knew better than to ask what kind of business . |
| 16 | She knew better than to ask her husband what this letter was about however , and awaited his reaction in the reserved , watchful way which she had found safest to adopt in her husband 's presence and which usually concealed more vehement feelings . |
| 17 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 18 | ‘ Better than to prolong it when I was n't particularly comfortable — and I suspect they were n't comfortable with me . ’ |
| 19 | I knew far better than to turn my head , but I had the feeling my old builder stayed squatting by the roadside . |
| 20 | And he should have known better than to have his secretary type it . |
| 21 | She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her , miserable sinner that she was . |
| 22 | Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I should have known better than to think you 'd back down . ’ |
| 25 | It was predictable whenever he was away from home — the stroll before bed — and they both knew better than to offer their company . |
| 26 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 27 | They knew better than to insult their hosts by open mention of this superiority ; such bad manners would disgrace the clan . |
| 28 | Sam knew better than to interrupt her flow . |
| 29 | I also knew better than to seek him out . |
| 30 | But I should have known better than to accept anyone recommended by you . " |