Example sentences of "did not dare " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not dare to ask him . |
| 2 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 3 | Genuine elections followed , but the democratic rulers did not dare put their military predecessors on trial . |
| 4 | Soon their palms became sticky , but the boy did not dare let go of the hand he had so daringly grasped , for that would have meant admitting that he was perspiring and ashamed of it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She did not dare to look over the edge : she did n't want to know how far the water had risen . |
| 7 | . It is significant that Hitler did not dare to speak on January 30 ! |
| 8 | It was all she wanted to know and did not dare ask directly . |
| 9 | Evelyn did not dare approach , though she longed to offer the girl a mouthful of water or a corner off her shrivelled lump of cheese . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The flower seller , Ms Sue Thompson , said : ‘ I did not dare say anything . |
| 12 | It seemed clear that the Franks were a power in Europe that the Eastern Empire did not dare to challenge on a large scale . |
| 13 | From then on he sat cowering in the corner beside his case praying for the journey to end and did not dare move , look down or even breath . |
| 14 | It was the first time in American history that serving officers did not dare say what their commander-in-chief had told them to do . |
| 15 | She walked to the shops and back , sometimes walked through the back streets , once almost as far as Marcus 's flat ( but did not dare to go near it ) , avoiding the noisy King 's Road , and the embankment where Jack often walked with Alison , and as she knew , farther east where Ludens walked with Marcus . |
| 16 | The section could have been summarized in the sidenote as ‘ arrest for non-arrestable offences ’ , but the draftsman did not dare to risk such Kafkaesque accuracy . |
| 17 | All the same , he did not dare tell Balanchine ‘ it 's not working ’ , he thought he must try . |
| 18 | Rodrigo replied , in a letter which was sent to all the Moslem rulers , implying that Yusuf did not dare to cross the sea and face him . |
| 19 | did not dare or did not care |
| 20 | I tried calling softly , but there was no reply , and I did not dare make more noise for fear of disturbing the others . |
| 21 | As Louise moved away she experienced a powerful urge to grab the massager and tug it close to her secret places again but she did not dare . |
| 22 | She did not dare look at them for too long for fear of missing her footing or forgetting a move but the look on Edward 's face added another notch to her enjoyment . |
| 23 | That could be remedied , he could acquire a transcript of the proceedings or simply a copy of the pathologist 's findings , but he did not dare , he was not prepared to show his hand to that extent . |
| 24 | She did not dare stop talking because she knew that Constance was n't speaking to her mother and that Nora would be unable to resist goading her daughter with a volley of questions . |
| 25 | Nicky looked crestfallen but did not dare argue with Constance when she was in this mood . |
| 26 | She longed to wake him so that they could make love again but did not dare to because , for all the intimacy of the previous hours , Constance knew that she was lying next to a virtual stranger . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Its owner who did not want , or did not dare , to bring his boat round to the jetty ? |
| 29 | This bird was the symbol of cowardice , and Robert 's action was taken to imply that it was a suitable dish for a king who did not dare to claim his lawful inheritance . |
| 30 | These areas provided havens for gambling schools , and the police did not dare to venture there except in strength — when attempts to break up street-gambling , or to douse the high spirits of Bonfire Night could lead to violent eruptions . |