Example sentences of "not have [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Material must have been impregnated with the liquid and it would not have helped put the fire out . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | If it had been they might not have dared penetrate it very far . |
| 5 | State radio and television reported a story that they would not have dared touch a few years earlier . |