Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | For a few days the president agonized over whether to exercise his veto , but , in the end reluctantly signed what was now a Congressional rather than a presidential bill . |
2 | He looked from one to the other of their faces but knew better than to open his mouth . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Ex-Eton schoolboy Jonathan Barton was bullied but unlike Charles , he knew better than to take his complaint to the headmaster . |
5 | They knew better than to insult their hosts by open mention of this superiority ; such bad manners would disgrace the clan . |
6 | Sam knew better than to interrupt her flow . |
7 | It was predictable whenever he was away from home — the stroll before bed — and they both knew better than to offer their company . |
8 | Before he finally lay down to rest and sleep he hesitated over whether to cross his small room again and close the window on the chilly night . |