Example sentences of "he dare [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And because he dare n't leave out anything , he never gets anything crucial in . |
| 2 | he dare n't make trips , or at least it would n't be wise to make trips yet |
| 3 | He dare n't go back or they would see him . |
| 4 | And as a deserter those were just where he dare n't go . |
| 5 | He dare n't go near me when his wife 's around . |
| 6 | fireman and yet he would n't he dare n't go to sleep with the light off . |
| 7 | He dare n't refuse , I think he thinks ‘ ladies ’ fall down dead if they do n't have a bath when they want one . |
| 8 | No , no , he dare n't say anything cos if you got , you said anything you got the bloody sack . |
| 9 | He dare n't call out ; someone might hear him . |
| 10 | The retinue of Count Hugh of Tours , for instance , sang rude songs to mock his alleged cowardice : " He dare n't come out of his own doorway ! " |
| 11 | ( O'Neill 1919 : 75 ) ( " He dare n't come here again or I 'll make him damned sorry he did . " ) |
| 12 | Busacher desperately wanted to go home and rest , but he dare n't let any rumours of his frailty get around . |
| 13 | Street lighting seeped into the tiny landing from an open door so at least some curtains were undrawn and he dare n't use the torch . |
| 14 | The chap had tried but he dare n't tackle him any longer . |
| 15 | ‘ New Age Travellers ’ have squatted on his land and things are so bad that he dare not leave the farm for a day . |
| 16 | By now he was hungry again and anxious to eat while he had the opportunity , but he dare not move from the corner until told to do so . |
| 17 | Is not the real reason why the Secretary of State makes those absurd and fictitious claims about the effect of the social charter , which bears no resemblance to the reality of the proposals , that he dare not admit that the Government are opposed , not just in detail but in principle , to the idea of binding employment standards across the Community ? |
| 18 | I find it difficult to believe that a male Oscar would let a female spawn on her own — unless she was so much larger than him that he dare not go near . |
| 19 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 20 | ‘ I think he was at a stage where he dare not sleep . |
| 21 | In this wind he dare not extend his front arm since he may get pulled over , so instead , he is crouching low and leaning slightly forwards which achieves the same upright rig effect as Ken had . |
| 22 | He dare not tell Dad his plans , he said . |
| 23 | He shuddered , his hand going to the bone handle of his dagger though he dare not pull back . |
| 24 | He dare not ask how Cranston knew about Benedicta . |
| 25 | And Charles 's tactics were damaging to his own subjects : the peasant who declared that he dare not get out of bed in the morning for fear of the English spoke for many of his compatriots , and the unchallenged presence of English armies on French soil not only caused substantial physical hardship to the population but also lowered Charles 's prestige . |
| 26 | They were the one side he dare not lose sight of and United are off to Highbury at the weekend only four points adrift . |