Example sentences of "well [conj] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew better than to invite him back to Water Gypsy for a coffee . |
| 2 | She knew better than to urge them to dress in the fashions Lachlan had learned abroad ; but all the maids were driven frantic sewing silk and linen , gold thread , fur and leather . |
| 3 | Huy knew better than to press her , and changed the subject . |
| 4 | More than five years of rebellions and civil war had honed his instincts to a fine edge , and he knew better than to ignore them . |
| 5 | She had thought longingly of the candle left behind in Guy 's chamber , but had known better than to mention it . |
| 6 | Paige was startled by his assumption , but knew better than to deny it . |
| 7 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 8 | But the president knew better than to let him go ; Mr Shultz stayed the course . |
| 9 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 10 | ‘ Better than to prolong it when I was n't particularly comfortable — and I suspect they were n't comfortable with me . ’ |
| 11 | She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her , miserable sinner that she was . |
| 12 | Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I should have known better than to think you 'd back down . ’ |
| 15 | " If that 's the trouble , you could n't do better than to entrust her to the skilled understanding of the Sisters . " |
| 16 | I also knew better than to seek him out . |
| 17 | ‘ Henry should know better than to keep you cooped up with his books . |
| 18 | There 's a wide range of services offered by the NHS to help you through every stage of your pregnancy , including regular antenatal classes , designed to keep you well and to prepare you and your partner for the birth and for looking after your child . |
| 19 | There 's a wide range of services offered by the NHS to help you through every stage of your pregnancy , including regular ante-natal classes , designed to keep you well and to prepare you and your partner for the birth and for looking after your child . |
| 20 | Now it seems to me I accept difficulties f for , for some people , but on the whole it 's working quite well and to shuffle it all round again I think would irritate a large number of members and we 're irritated by the changes that you made earlier on and I would n't wish to bring any down on your your head for the |
| 21 | In 1974 , visiting the northern region of the Maramureş , one of the districts richest in the everyday survival of peasant customs and dress , Ceauşescu told a group of folk-artists that adhering to traditions was one way of developing a communist country : ‘ I appreciate … these true works of popular art as an expression of your commitment to maintain the dress and customs of [ your ] ancestors , as well as to weave them tightly with that which is new , … because only in this way will we build a strong socialist society . ’ |
| 22 | I have argued elsewhere that Pound was prepared to take instruction , as well as to give it ; that when he first came to London in 1908 , he was looking for masters to whom he might apprentice himself ; that he found them in the Irishman W.B. Yeats and the maverick Englishman Ford Madox Ford ( whose professionalism about writing still denies him in England the recognition that he gets abroad ) ; and ( so I have speculated , though I know it can not be proved ) that Pound sought the same relationship with another Englishman , Laurence Binyon , who was too cagey to go along with the idea . |
| 23 | I believe that continuing to hear the language of books as well as to see it gives developing readers a valuable resource in this domain . |
| 24 | Volvo built its Kalmar car assembly plant to enable the company to recruit Swedish workers in the first place , as well as to retain them ( Gyllenhammer , 1977 ) . |
| 25 | The temptation was that the churches ' social work , begun as a way to win the unchurched as well as to help them physically , would cease being the means and instead become the end . |
| 26 | This was a time of real communion , and it was not long before his parishioners began to think of him , as well as to address him , as Father Brendan rather than as Father McGiff , and he began to look on them as his family , and on Cork , their city , as his only home . |