Example sentences of "she [verb] not [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she looked into it , she tried not to let slip just what a luxury this was . |
| 2 | Work was out of the question , she could not think about it ; she did not dare go to the tower , she felt she had damaged something : loose talk means hubris . |
| 3 | She did not dare let go but hung on to the rail , where another four hands also hung on , for dear life . |
| 4 | Her body was alive , throbbing with pulses she never knew she had , and as she jerked her face away from his she knew he had once again defeated her , outclassed her , and she knew without a doubt that he was right : if there was ever a real fight between her and Damian Flint , he would take supremacy , she would be overpowered by the fierce excitement burning in her now , and he would walk away with victory on a scale she did not dare imagine . |
| 5 | She did not dare say more . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Alternatively , the defendant may , by his conduct , have so terrified the victim , that she does not dare register her non-consent . |
| 8 | 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 . |