Example sentences of "would [not/n't] have [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | State radio and television reported a story that they would not have dared touch a few years earlier . |
4 | ‘ Material must have been impregnated with the liquid and it would not have helped put the fire out . ’ |
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 ? |