Example sentences of "dared [not/n't] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dared not mention Jack 's name . |
| 2 | You dared not wake with , the puckering amputations |
| 3 | Penelope dared not stop or turn her head , for she realised that Rupert must be close behind her . |
| 4 | Alida dared not ask , could say nothing , though she had shut the front door quickly on the Matron 's moygashel back . |
| 5 | He dared not ask , and was not told more . |
| 6 | They dared not canter there . |
| 7 | Donna dared not settle herself too comfortably into her seat in case she dozed off . |
| 8 | She dared not use you to bring back Undry . |
| 9 | She dared not eat any of them . |
| 10 | She dared not halt upon so tenuous a promise . |
| 11 | I dared not turn round now to look for a vehicle , but I held my breath and listened for one — there was only the sound of my rubber soles on the macadam and the noise of wind . |
| 12 | I dared not turn my head . |
| 13 | He dared not pull away , even though he did not want her to feel his changing body , but at this point one of her gentle caresses touched the corner of his mouth and before he could stop himself his mouth was on hers , and restrain himself as he might it was a lover 's kiss , not a friend 's . |
| 14 | But she dared not respond . |
| 15 | Yet Carrie dared not speak out for fear they would question her reasons , and she was not clear about them herself . |
| 16 | She dared not flex a muscle or she would be pressed hard against him . |
| 17 | She dared not let it happen again . |
| 18 | It dared not take , |
| 19 | They dared not stay any longer . |
| 20 | I dared not go to his house , fearing that it might cause further trouble for him . |
| 21 | I dared not go down myself … nobody knew about our relationship . |
| 22 | I dared not tell Mamma , or she would begin to badger me again to give up my job … |
| 23 | After that night in Rocamar , when you told me you could n't feel anything for anyone , I dared not hope you 'd ever change — ’ |
| 24 | Yet she dared not interrupt , and show the woman rudely out , for fear of an influence upon her decision . |
| 25 | I dared not touch her . |
| 26 | He dared not do so for he knew one thing for certain — that he had never really fallen out of love with this stunningly beautiful girl . |
| 27 | She dared not cry on duty . |
| 28 | Yet we dared not leave the carriage for more than a mere leg-stretch just outside the door … |
| 29 | She dared not allow them to become too serious . |
| 30 | But she dared not say anything . |