Example sentences of "well [conj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew better than to leave that behind . |
| 2 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |
| 3 | ‘ Better than singing boastful tunes like ‘ Rule Britannia ’ as though you Brits were n't beaten hollow by us poor rebels , ’ was her riposte to that . |
| 4 | Hedonists seeking the perfect golfing weekend could do no better than tackle these two majestic courses , using the Thorpeness Club Hotel as a base . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If you want the whole rumbustious , arrogant , self-satisfied , smug , righteous , courageous , opinionated , dedicated , class-ridden , adventure-seeking , patriotic life of an era in full technicolour , you can do no better than collect Victorian bindings . |
| 7 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 8 | ‘ You ought to know better than to ask that . |
| 9 | ‘ You should know better than to ask such a question after all I 've tried to teach you . ’ |
| 10 | We can do better than taking simple means of three , however . |
| 11 | Well , better than getting half every time , in n it ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake . |
| 14 | Eva knew better than to interrupt one of Adolf 's laboured jokes . |
| 15 | With justice Henry V is credited not only with having understood , better than did any of his contemporaries , what were the naval problems which faced England in the early fifteenth century , but also with having done much towards the creation of a fleet of ships , some of them very large , almost ‘ prestige-type ’ vessels , which would make it possible for the English to take to sea quickly and thus try to wrest the initiative from any enemy who might be coming against them . |
| 16 | Concurrent Computer Corp says it is continuing to work with its financial advisers on a series of initiatives to strengthen further its capital structure , improve profitability and provide financial flexibility , but only if it does not dilute shareholders ' interests in the company , which reported better than expected third quarter figures — in Company Results , page seven . |
| 17 | Concurrent Computer Corp , which recently posted better than expected third quarter results ( see below ) , has opted to take Unix System Labs ' Unix System V Release 4.2 MP as the operating system for its next generation of real-time Unix systems , due out by the end of this calendar year ( UX No 402 ) . |
| 18 | I shoulda known better than to send two dumb clucks like that . ’ |
| 19 | He was mortally disappointed when it was officially declared an accident and there 's nothing he 'd like better than to find some excuse to start ferreting round and upsetting everyone with his ‘ interrogations ’ . ’ |
| 20 | If Ferdinando left the Brownings service and came in with her , adopting his rightful position , then she could manage even better and take more boarders and they would be self-supporting besides living together always . |
| 21 | The wet and windy conditions prevailing were not conducive to good hockey , with the visitors adapting better and taking both points in a creditable 2–1 win . |
| 22 | Can you see ways in which life for the family has become better and become worse . |
| 23 | The Whitby line , another which has been the subject of closure worries , will serve shoppers better and has new connections at Grosmont for the North York Moors Railway . |
| 24 | There are , of course , the alternatives that people behave better and commit less crime ; or that the police become less effective and catch fewer villains . |
| 25 | Cross-references direct students to compound nouns , opposites , confusables , and related words so that they understand words better and learn more vocabulary |
| 26 | How could anyone , ’ he asked , ‘ hope to get well or remain cheerful in such an environment of decay ? ’ |
| 27 | How could anyone , hope to get well or remain cheerful in such an environment of decay ? ’ |
| 28 | well that takes white quite nicely . |
| 29 | Well that sounds good then . |
| 30 | He said he gets brain damage I said well that sounds good then . |