Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [not/n't] dare " in BNC.
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1 | I do not dare open the blinds . |
2 | I have just met some colleagues in the House — and I do not dare to name the Opposition Members — who asked me questions about the amendment because there were points that they could not understand or that they had not seen before . |
3 | I do n't dare to visit the methadone clinic tomorrow . |
4 | I do n't dare ! |
5 | I do n't dare stop for that wants to be away from him . |
6 | I did not dare move , and yet I did : I put my hand on his thigh , and slowly moved it up towards the centre of my desire . |
7 | The flower seller , Ms Sue Thompson , said : ‘ I did not dare say anything . |
8 | I tried calling softly , but there was no reply , and I did not dare make more noise for fear of disturbing the others . |
9 | Whoever was on duty would move gently any part of the affected limb , trying as they did so to persuade Jimbo that now the pain was gone he might — I did not dare to say ‘ would ’ — be free soon to walk normally . |
10 | I would have liked to drink coffee in one of the smoke-filled cafés lining the boulevard , but I did not dare enter . |
11 | I did not dare walk in the forest or the field . |
12 | It was all around me and I did not dare to go in any direction . |
13 | I did not dare take the whole brandy bottle , so I poured some into a smaller bottle to take away with me . |
14 | I did not dare risk Pollock and young Duncan Pugh and so I left them firmly on the bench . |
15 | Twilight threatened to swallow my sight ; I did not dare to defy it . |
16 | Then I heard the door , and you came in , and — and I did not dare to reveal myself because — ’ |
17 | I did n't dare ask . |
18 | The first time I wore jeans I did n't dare wear them with a sweater . |
19 | ‘ I did n't dare to be truthful , ’ I said , nodding agreement . |
20 | I did n't dare look at Vern . |
21 | You must be cold , ’ she said , but I just stood and warmed my hands : I did n't dare sit down . |
22 | ‘ I did n't dare go out , because I 'm still getting over bronchitis , ’ she explained . |
23 | I did n't dare leave my poor sods for more than split seconds . ’ |
24 | On opening my eyes I did n't dare to imagine that this would have worked . |
25 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
26 | At first I did n't dare visit you in hospital . |
27 | I did n't dare ask anything else about it . |
28 | I did n't dare look in to see ! " |
29 | I did n't dare show a light — though I doubt whether a light could have been seen from the shore through the mist , and there was probably no one to see it — but I knew where things were . |
30 | There 's a dance at the College in two weeks , I did n't dare to ask you . |