Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well he has n't dared put it to her . |
| 2 | Eventually he falls asleep , one arm outflung across her breasts so that she does not dare move it for fear of waking him , and , constricted , can not sleep herself . |
| 3 | Alternatively , the defendant may , by his conduct , have so terrified the victim , that she does not dare register her non-consent . |
| 4 | The truth is that the Labour party does not dare come out in favour of a programme of competition of this nature because it is in hock to the very public sector unions that have sought to oppose it over the years . |
| 5 | This can be a frightening experience because when a gila monster bites , it does not let go for some ten to fifteen minutes , during which time it continues to chew , injecting more and more venom into the wound . |
| 6 | It does not let go of them easily , and the aura of permanence and continuity is evidence of its tenacity . |
| 7 | However , the deficiency of H is clear , and there are no plausible means by which H can be retained in the interior in substantially greater quantities than C and N. In section 4.4.3 certain difficulties were noted of Venus losing to space large quantities of H. To these difficulties must now be added the difficulty that if Venus has lost large quantities of H to space then the Earth , with its warm exosphere and Mars with its low gravitational field , should also have lost large quantities of H. This supports the conclusion that Venus has always been deficient in H , but it does not help explain why . |
| 8 | " Connection " does not help explain those occasions when the normal party alignment broke down . |
| 9 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 10 | We try to cover them up , but history does n't let go . |
| 11 | Once Lotus uses sixteen bytes for the block , it does n't let go of it . |
| 12 | But we would point out that this sort of sit-in action does n't help resolve anything . ’ |
| 13 | Cos it does n't help help select a general location . |
| 14 | Things in her eyes she does n't dare tell you . |
| 15 | Antony does n't dare speak freely yet . |
| 16 | ( The Spectator , 29 March 1975 : 366.1 ; in Erdmann 1982 : 104 ) ( " She does n't dare launch an all-out offensive until the groundwork has been laid for it " ) |