Example sentences of "not dare " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not daring to approach |
| 2 | But again I held myself warily at a certain distance , not daring to make contact with him for fear of falling into the kind of trap Dana had prepared for me . |
| 3 | I wanted to have Dana beside me as his coffin slid so smoothly into the flames and my mother clutched my arm , not daring to watch something she felt was horrible — and was to happen to her one day , at the new crematorium in Bath , high up in those verdant hills . |
| 4 | She stood undecided in the rain , wanting desperately to find Simon yet not daring to step inside . |
| 5 | She sat very still , letting his words flow over her , not daring to comment in case she said something stupid and broke his mood . |
| 6 | ‘ I need someone with brains like you , ’ he said to Simon , not daring to turn and look into his face . |
| 7 | Ben scrabbled at the bank , barking but not daring to go down . |
| 8 | Finally , he stood still , not daring to move . |
| 9 | Frankie had hovered in the background , eager to cuddle the puppy but not daring to approach the bigger dogs . |
| 10 | Kathleen sighed again , not daring to look up . |
| 11 | They sat in the cold front room , not daring to light a fire in the strange house . |
| 12 | Endill tried to see where he was but it was too dark and he waited , not daring to move , for the Headmaster to put on the lights . |
| 13 | I zipped up the flaps , not daring to show my anger . |
| 14 | They would wait five miles ahead , not daring to go further because of my leg . |
| 15 | The rest of them wriggled down in their seats , not wanting to be seen , not daring to say anything . |
| 16 | Nutty waited with bated breath , not daring to look at Nails , trying to look bored and world-weary . |
| 17 | Then , not daring to glance round to see whether the cows were coming after her , she put one foot on the pedal , pushed off with the other , and began to ride away . |
| 18 | Noticing that her hands are shaking and knowing that he has noticed she forces herself to act cool , not daring for the moment to analyse her disquiet lest she is incapable of handling the reason . |
| 19 | He shivered , not daring to move in case they noticed and dragged him out . |
| 20 | For the remainder of the carol I was on tenterhooks , not daring to take my eyes from the lectern . |
| 21 | ‘ Get her off — it hurts ! ’ he whispered at me , not daring to move or make too much noise . |
| 22 | Returning to the Rossiya and not daring to look at the men and women who stood and swayed beside him . |
| 23 | The two slipped quietly over the tailboard and marched off smartly along the Commercial Road , not daring to run in case they attracted the policeman 's attention . |
| 24 | Graham and Laidlaw remained motionless , not daring to look at each other . |
| 25 | In the end , Clara , exasperated beyond endurance , brought up once more the possibility of cremation ( not daring to mention , even in her own mind , which had not quite forsaken filial tenderness , the possibility of the once-praised dust cart ) and Mrs Maugham , square , immutable , said quite astonishingly for her , and invoking sanctions she had been deriding for thirty years , that ashes must go to ashes and dust to dust . |
| 26 | " Did the service men come ? " asked Clara , feeling some word required of her , and yet not daring to comment upon the story 's true import . |
| 27 | He pulled away , but Ruth 's hand closed desperately , not daring to lose him again . |
| 28 | We tiptoed past , not daring to whisper even . |
| 29 | Not daring to leave his kingdom in its current state , in September 1325 and probably on the suggestion of Bishop Stratford of Winchester , who was then negotiating in Paris , he very reluctantly despatched the Prince of Wales to act for him . |
| 30 | ‘ Am I on next ? ’ she mouthed silently , not daring to make a sound . |