Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [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 | She was to stay with her sister until Isobel decided definitely whether to remain in Tollemarche or return to England , and occasionally she became a little bored and was glad of Hank 's lively company , though to her annoyance , he treated her as if she were a ten-year-old . |
| 7 | If this is the case , the adjustment is best made with the strings slackened so as to reduce the possibility of damaging the knife edges on the bridgeplate . |
| 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 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 11 | Huy knew better than to speak . |
| 12 | As to what counsel said there is a keen dispute which their Lordships can not resolve , beyond observing that there is nothing in the abbreviated note of the arguments in the district court to suggest that counsel went further than to point out that the immediate future of the B.M.F.L. prosecution was highly speculative . |
| 13 | The most dramatic feature about the genes mutated so as to cause muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis , however , is that they were discovered by reverse genetics — neither dystrophin nor cystic fibrosis transmembrane receptor were known to exist in the body before they were discovered by Kunkel and Tsui respectively . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Miss Logan knew better than to reply , let alone plead the cause of the amiable Archimandrite . |
| 16 | The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake . |
| 17 | Tribe knew better than to join the attack , unarmed and gunless . |