Example sentences of "dare not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think Malcolm also found her attractive , but it was the love that dares not speak its name . |
| 2 | Moreover , where a woman dares not register her non-consent because of a man 's violent or frightening behaviour , the law is permitting him to benefit from his own wrong if it grants him a defence on the basis of an honest but unreasonable belief in consent . |
| 3 | That possibility had caused a scurry of emotion inside her , that , for the moment , Lisa had dared not examine too closely . |
| 4 | Gaily dared not bend to retrieve it . |
| 5 | Cowering beneath the bookcase , Mildred dared not move in case she had begun to be visible again . |
| 6 | When he played for Sheffield United he told a local newspaper that he dared not go into city nightspots in case he ran into any Wednesday supporters . |
| 7 | Kenya has been so dependent on official aid and structural adjustment loans that its government dared not go in for countertrading — despite the fact that , like Brazil , it was surrounded by poor , debt-ridden neighbours . |
| 8 | The wife dared not go by , but took out her pipes and played on them . |
| 9 | When I got out of hospital I dared not go outside . |
| 10 | His own son was so ragged that he dared not go to school … |
| 11 | Somehow , my visit to the Sign of the Pestle had caused the attack on me so I dared not go back there . |
| 12 | She hoped for a reply , but dared not hope too much ; she imagined that the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt would have had many replies and perhaps ladies with experience would be far more preferable to a young comparatively inexperienced girl like her . |
| 13 | ‘ After I left here I missed you every day , every hour , every second , ’ Sarella told him passionately , ‘ I dared not hope for anything — it was as if you were lost forever . ’ |
| 14 | The children ; one dared not think of the children . |
| 15 | Paul bore all this in mind , looking down at Emily ; he could see her in his mind 's eye presiding over tea-parties at Oxford , saying the right thing to professors ' wives ; playing her part as his own wife , while he continued with his work uninterrupted except — he dared not think of it now — for the nights . |
| 16 | How he would take to having somebody prying she dared not think . |
| 17 | She touched on the word with delicacy , as if she dared not think of it . |
| 18 | I was making heavy weather of it but dared not rest for the cold . |
| 19 | An ache that she dared not examine too closely . |
| 20 | As the train stopped she rushed to the window , though she dared not open it . |
| 21 | As Bismarck said , ‘ I have always found the word ‘ Europe ’ on the lips of those who wanted something from other powers which they dared not demand in their own name' . |
| 22 | He wanted to turn round but dared not do so . |
| 23 | And while she longed to tell him the truth , she dared not do so . |
| 24 | She had spurned the hypocritical cant beloved of politicians and addressed herself directly to the people , showing how well she knew them , telling them what they whispered in their hearts but dared not speak , calling their bluff ! |
| 25 | Esther hinted that it was the grim circumstances of their childhood that had drawn them together with a love that dared not speak its name . |
| 26 | It was not all my imagination , this something came from her as well as from me — a joint umbilical cord , something we dared not speak of , of course , yet which we both knew was there . |
| 27 | She was a prim and proper little Fraulein , although her father was the villain , and Carruthers loved her , but dared not speak to her without a chaperone . |
| 28 | She was so glad that Len was back by her side , and yet she dared not tell him why , because he would only be angry and perhaps start a fight and worry afterwards anyway . |
| 29 | Paul grudged the money spent on Jonas , in his progressive asylum ; by now , the madman would not have known where he was ; a cheaper one would have done , but Paul dared not suggest it to his mother . |
| 30 | I was certainly the ideal subject for his little tricks of ringing the door bell and running away , because I dared not ignore the summons in case it might be a client , and also the consulting and operating rooms were such a long way from the front of the house . |