Example sentences of "[not/n't] have dared [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Although his two sons had hated each other , they would not have dared move openly against one another while their powerful father was still alive . |
2 | The Derby Mercury published on 12 December a description it would not have dared print a week earlier : ‘ They were dressed in dirty plaids and as dirty shirts , without breeches and some without shoes . |
3 | If it had been they might not have dared penetrate it very far . |
4 | State radio and television reported a story that they would not have dared touch a few years earlier . |
5 | They would n't have dared lay down conditions like that to Adolph . ’ |
6 | He stopped with the door handle in his hand and quietly said , ‘ Yes , I 'll come back some day when you are gone and I 'll find where you 've hidden the gun , for you would n't have dared take it outside this room , would you ? |
7 | The non-assertive character of the first three is quite obvious : the conditional clause leaves the actualization of dare up in the air in ( 31 ) ; ( 32 ) implies " she did n't dare ignore him any more than that " ; ( 33 ) is a sort of indignant rhetorical question implying that he should n't have dared take the native 's part against her . |