Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not dare look down , but she could feel the machine moving below her like a maddened metal beast prowling backwards and forwards in a pit , its metal jaws opening and closing , clanging and gnashing with thwarted fury . |
| 2 | You did n't dare show up without the work completed and damned near perfect . |
| 3 | You must be cold , ’ she said , but I just stood and warmed my hands : I did n't dare sit down . |
| 4 | Loretta did n't dare go over and examine them . |
| 5 | She did n't dare go in : he was such a light sleeper , and he seemed to know by instinct when his mother was in the same room . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't dare go out , because I 'm still getting over bronchitis , ’ she explained . |
| 7 | She did n't dare look up and shrank into a ball , knees to chin , loaf held between crossed arms and her chest . |
| 8 | She did n't dare look up . |
| 9 | I did n't dare look back . ’ |
| 10 | She did n't dare look down at Adam 's usual table — seeing him might just finish her off completely . |
| 11 | I did n't dare look in to see ! " |
| 12 | I did n't dare breathe out ! |
| 13 | We do n't go go up there much do we ? |
| 14 | They are under pressure to negate their femaleness and they do n't dare give up their suits . |
| 15 | 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 . |