Common sense dictated that she should have told him no.

Common sense dictated that she lie down again and go back to sleep.

Common sense dictated that she just stay out of this.

There was no police force, but common sense dictated the need for a standing army.

Common sense, of course, would have dictated that such information was relevant to pass along.

Common sense dictated that Catholics coming of age since then would be different.

Common sense dictated that the world needed to get to them.

Let us dare to do what common sense dictates before it is too late.

But common sense dictated that she must see it through.

Still, common sense dictated she call the police and have done with him.