Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [vb pp] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Well he has n't dared put it to her .
2 It bears the words : ‘ Keep Hold of Instruction : Do Not Let Go .
3 I thought that was the prime directive of all evangelists : Do n't Let Go .
4 For an age she simply had not dared open them , until finally , unable to resist any longer , she opened and shut them again once and very quickly .
5 Jenny was heartily relieved that the recent bad weather had made the track so muddy that even the passionate and rather drunk Ted had not dared go any further .
6 The policeman had not let go of the stranger .
7 He thought of her tongue , and tasted it ; he imagined her breasts , and she took his hands to them ; he wished she would speak , and she spoke ( oh , how she spoke ) , words he had n't dared admit he 'd wanted to hear .
8 But he had n't dared bring his Dad 's saw .
9 He 'd thought of her constantly , hoping she still worked for the Bradford family , and the invitation to Christmas dinner with them had caused him more elation than Maud , his wife , though he had n't dared show it .
10 He had n't dared take part in yesterday 's Armistice Day service in the city in case he 'd be seen by any of his IRA comrades .
11 He was flushed and happy and he had n't let go of her hand since they 'd sat down .
12 As Whately Cook Taylor put it in 1874 , ‘ Hitherto , whatever the laws have touched , they have not dared invade the sacred precinct ’ , and such reluctance dictated the hesitations over passing the incest law until 1908 .
13 ‘ I have n't dared make any ! ’ she responded sarcastically .
14 I have n't dared contact your mother !
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