Example sentences of "dare [pron] [vb infin] that " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Or dare I hope that Miss Havisham would make my fortune and marry me to Estella ? |
| 2 | Dare I hope that it was sold for 50p ? — |
| 3 | Dare I say that a set of vintage pickups and a lick of conductive paint would almost complete the sonic illusion , in the same way that burying the neck and body in peat for a few months would crown the guitar 's appearance ! |
| 4 | ‘ How dare you imply that I … that I came in here with him to … |
| 5 | Songwise , then , a top album , even if ‘ Girl Afraid ’ and ‘ Shakespeare 's Sister ’ are still pretty hopeless ( ‘ Dear NME , how dare you say that ‘ Girl Afraid ’ and ‘ Shakespeare 's Sister ’ are still pretty hopeless ! ! ! ! |
| 6 | How dare you say that I 'm dull ? ’ she stormed , the accumulations of the day taking their toll as she swung at him with her handbag . |
| 7 | First , how dare she assume that our main goal is to walk , without consulting us in the first place . |
| 8 | And second , how dare she imply that those hundreds of thousands of people with a spinal injury throughout the world are not walking because they lack the will to do so . |
| 9 | Dare one hope that the Murrey Report will have alleviated the situation by the time these words are read ? |
| 10 | Dare one say that the England pack , in the defeat of Ireland , had these attributes to a greater extent than the Wales backs in the defeat by France ? |
| 11 | From the point of view of natural creation , however , dare we suggest that a not altogether unfeeling God introduced the sound as a warning to its prey , so that in the natural economy , mosquitoes did not have an unfair advantage and that all warm-blooded creatures in mosquito-infested areas were not permanently condemned to a life of itching and scratching ! |
| 12 | Dare we hope that we can look forward to better times with a little confidence ? |
| 13 | How dare they believe that they could stand before the flower of Bretonnian chivalry ! |
| 14 | Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ? |
| 15 | I have come to see you because that Mr R said to my son ‘ If you do n't like it here then go back where you came from and where you belong ’ and I was so upset at that because my son was born here and I have lived in this country for over twenty years and how dare he say that , because my son comes from here . |