Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] than [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The order for discovery is often the point of no return for the plaintiff in a libel action : it is the stage at which some prefer to discontinue rather than to open their files . |
| 2 | The West could do worse than to base its policy towards the Middle East on that aspiration . |
| 3 | When the initial grief of the desertion had passed she had known better than to mention her father 's name . |
| 4 | And he should have known better than to have his secretary type it . |
| 5 | He looked from one to the other of their faces but knew better than to open his mouth . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ex-Eton schoolboy Jonathan Barton was bullied but unlike Charles , he knew better than to take his complaint to the headmaster . |
| 8 | They knew better than to insult their hosts by open mention of this superiority ; such bad manners would disgrace the clan . |
| 9 | Sam knew better than to interrupt her flow . |
| 10 | It was predictable whenever he was away from home — the stroll before bed — and they both knew better than to offer their company . |