Example sentences of "[pron] know better " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words : ‘ As an important chap from England , I know better . ’ |
| 2 | But now I know better . |
| 3 | She makes my tea with the same water she boils the eggs , she says she do n't but I know better and you know what that does . |
| 4 | ‘ All right , I know better . |
| 5 | Still if you mind 's made up , I know better than to argue with you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh you say that but I know better . |
| 7 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I know better now . |
| 9 | And I — fool — think I know better . |
| 10 | ‘ Even I know better than that . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My lord , I know better than any that I am not his match , ’ said Harry , stung and colouring vividly . |
| 12 | He said in a letter to shareholders : ‘ I believe that I know better than anyone what makes Amstrad operate and what needs to be done in order to secure its future . |
| 13 | but I knew that before I moved there he says I know better |
| 14 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 15 | I knew better than to go in . |
| 16 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 17 | I knew better than to inquire . |
| 18 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 19 | Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ? |
| 20 | Afterwards I felt ashamed that I thought I knew better than they did , especially when they were doing everything for free . |
| 21 | I knew better than to interrupt . |
| 22 | Only I knew better . |
| 23 | Then I knew better . |
| 24 | A conspiracy not to ‘ let on ’ is tacitly formed among those who know better , and those who do not take their cue from them . |
| 25 | In this elegant , compassionate , deeply researched book , the tremendously caring Geoffrey Moorhouse sets before us the facts and figures , the jingoism , pride , pain , as well as the hideous smugness , the cock-ups , the arrogance , and the disasters made by ‘ those who know better ’ . |
| 26 | This does not mean that I am not going to suggest some home truths : only that I think they are truths , and not another uncomprehending outsider 's attempt to cajole , belittle or malign people who are struggling to do their best in a complex and stressful situation , and who know better than anyone else that their best sometimes is n't very good . |
| 27 | The Profitboss even puts up with the " five-second experts " who know better than him ; for in the end he knows that these self-opinionated , self-proclaimed experts are at best opinion-mongers rather than expert decision-taker. and commitment-makers . |
| 28 | ‘ Her own fault ’ scream the voices of her parents and teachers and those who know better . |
| 29 | Unless you know better , that is ! |
| 30 | ‘ You know better than that , ’ the shepherd mumbled . |