Example sentences of "they would not [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most models are very strict about what they eat , and they would not last long on a diet of cheeseburgers . |
| 2 | They would not dare risk a shot at anyone within a sword 's reach of their prince and his guard . |
| 3 | They would not let go . |
| 4 | But his colleagues had their curiosity whetted ; they would n't let go . |
| 5 | They would n't dare start a war in the Pacific against the Yanks . |
| 6 | Men in the small discussion groups implied that they might be interested in some of these variations on straight sex , but that they would n't dare suggest them to their partners . |
| 7 | They would n't dare do anything like that . |
| 8 | Head in the air — they would n't dare call me ‘ show-off ’ at a moment like this — I launched myself down that gaping passage-way and marched in to Dinwiddie 's room . |
| 9 | Thus ( 66 ) implies " He did n't dare oppose his wife 's whims any more than he dared commit high treason " , ( 67 ) that the speaker is of the opinion that they would n't dare say a word against him , and in ( 68 ) the speaker very clearly believes that the addressee does n't have the cheek to look him in the eye and tell such an obvious lie . |
| 10 | Still , George , has got bottle , takes risks they would n't dare take , got to hand him that . |