Example sentences of "had more sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished he 'd had more sense than to get a lift with Mrs Wright . |
| 2 | ‘ He should have had more sense . ’ |
| 3 | I should have had more sense . |
| 4 | In addition to all the rationally established facts I formulate in the indicative mood , there is the imperative to respect them , expressed in injunctions of varying generality imposing varying degrees of obligation , ‘ You ought to know that ’ , ‘ You should have had more sense ’ , ‘ You had better check that ’ , ‘ You were wrong to overlook that ’ , and sometimes directly in the imperative mood , ‘ Face facts ’ ‘ Know thyself ’ , ‘ Think what you 're doing ’ . |
| 5 | If he succumbs to temptation after all and suffers the consequences , it would be to the point to say ‘ You should have known better ’ or ‘ You ought to have had more sense ’ , reproaches which derive their authority from ‘ Face facts ’ ; but it would be irrelevant ( and exasperating ) to say ‘ You should n't have made yourself ill like that ’ , on the authority of the ‘ You do n't want to be sick ’ of the practical syllogism interpreted as ‘ Do n't get sick ’ . |
| 6 | But by the same token , the girl should have had more sense than to walk along a road like that in the dark . |
| 7 | You 'd have thought he 'd have had more sense . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ God knows I should have had more sense . |
| 9 | Oliver would have had more sense and initiative . |
| 10 | ‘ I only hope he 's had more sense than to leave her money ! |