Example sentences of "they dare [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second period lasted more than 14 months and they dare not risk being caught again with so many cattle subject to movement restrictions for such a long time . |
| 2 | There are people whose early experience of bodily closeness , intimacy and care has been so uncomfortable or so traumatic that they dare not risk a repetition of such pain . |
| 3 | Douglas held that they dare not risk this , Ramsay agreeing , and they persuaded his uncle to so rule . |
| 4 | The principal concern of Edward 's ministers , as always , was to raise money for the war , and they hoped by making concessions to receive the grants the king needed ; but the concession of pardon for all debts of £10 or less was insufficient , and the commons insisted that they dare not grant a tax without consulting their communities . |
| 5 | In literature , music , the cinema ( at least in Europe ) and painting , works of art are more cerebral than ever , more difficult , more inaccessible , less penetrable , not just by the masses whose interests are so patronisingly espoused by politicians but also ( even though they dare not always admit it ) by those who really want to be involved . |
| 6 | The regional tourist boards should now be strongly supporting the need for the national framework , for guidance and assistance that can only come from a central body — yet they dare not speak too loudly for fear that their reduced funding will be cut even further if DoNH reallocates it to the national level . |
| 7 | Let me tell you , though , that it 's years since I was ordered about ; they dare not even do that in the office . |
| 8 | But they — oh , they dare n't give any cheek . |
| 9 | But they dare n't take on the decisions and responsibility that would allow them to make their own alternatives , and to drop right out . |
| 10 | But most big stores admit they dare n't put prices up for fear of losing the few customers they have . |
| 11 | Well , I have got an idea — it 's because the sponsor wants it here , and they dare n't say no to him , because they 're a bunch of gin-swilling , arse-kissing prats . ’ |
| 12 | The girls said some of them were on the pill , others were n't because their mams and dads do n't know and they dare n't go to the family planning clinic . |
| 13 | And they dare n't let him out . |
| 14 | This is the sort of thing my mob is supposed to be ironing out and they dare n't admit they 've even been involved — except by whispering to people like Sprague . |
| 15 | I think they dare n't take it to Road at Nottingham for some reason . |
| 16 | They woke on Sunday morning and people wre going to church … they dare n't be seen in their working clothes . |
| 17 | Well they dare n't sa , er |
| 18 | or a hospital and ask them to give a good check , what they told us , they dare n't seemed to want to bother with people now |
| 19 | but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday |
| 20 | So erm he 's phoned up me your money cos he said they dare n't put me in court you see . |