Example sentences of "know well [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You should know better than to ask such a question after all I 've tried to teach you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You ought to know better than to ask that . |
| 3 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Beryl meant that Adam had been among the previous owners of Wyvis Hall while her husband had not , but she knew better than to point this out . |
| 6 | He knew better than to leave that behind . |
| 7 | The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake . |