Example sentences of "[noun] knew [adv] [subord] [to-vb] " 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 | But the president knew better than to let him go ; Mr Shultz stayed the course . |
| 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 | Alida knew better than to follow up that particular avenue of thought . |
| 5 | Eva knew better than to interrupt one of Adolf 's laboured jokes . |
| 6 | And Jessamy knew better than to argue with him when he used that particular tone of voice . |
| 7 | Sam knew better than to interrupt her flow . |
| 8 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 9 | Huy knew better than to speak . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Miss Logan knew better than to reply , let alone plead the cause of the amiable Archimandrite . |
| 12 | The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake . |
| 13 | Tribe knew better than to join the attack , unarmed and gunless . |