Example sentences of "[noun prp] 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 | He looked up again , pointed to the rajathuk which Tallis knew better than all , because of her own obsession with the wood … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But the people of England knew better and continued to read and delight in their chapbooks . |
| 5 | Alida knew better than to follow up that particular avenue of thought . |
| 6 | Eva knew better than to interrupt one of Adolf 's laboured jokes . |
| 7 | True , Chelsea know better than most about gravity after the way their annual hopes come crashing down — just like Isaac 's apple , in fact . |
| 8 | And Jessamy knew better than to argue with him when he used that particular tone of voice . |
| 9 | Sam knew better than to interrupt her flow . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | And Major Vasily Kypov knew well that he commanded Captain Yuri Rudakov in name only . |
| 12 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 13 | Huy knew better than to speak . |
| 14 | Lewis knew well that most of the dons would vote for David Cecil or E. K. Chambers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Miss Logan knew better than to reply , let alone plead the cause of the amiable Archimandrite . |
| 17 | ‘ Prince Sihanouk knows well that the problem is not the Hun Sen government , but the Khmer Rouge . |