Example sentences of "dare i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , of course , he 'd send his friends similar notes — ca n't stay tonight , got terrible earache , or my mother 's not very well — because for something like a year or more , he was having a double affair with , — dare I mention her name — Natasha Kornilof , who was a great friend of mine . |
| 2 | I du n no it was a dare I think . |
| 3 | Or dare I hope that Miss Havisham would make my fortune and marry me to Estella ? |
| 4 | Dare I hope that it was sold for 50p ? — |
| 5 | I seek guidance , never dare I offer it in such matters . |
| 6 | But , if you will forgive me , perhaps I can just correct you on a couple of points ; I think instead of ‘ a mole ’ it should read ‘ an arsehole ’ , and for ‘ hole ’ , dare I suggest ‘ dreamworld ’ ? |
| 7 | The Labour benches had several new members and , dare I suggest , green Councillor , with no memory of the disastrous economic policies of the last Labour Government , or the ensuing distress that it 's huge army of unemployed . |
| 8 | quite a few , dare I start with |
| 9 | Dare I repeat a story I 've told before about a friend , an unscrupulous bloke , canvassing with me for a local election in Wandsworth ? |
| 10 | I dare I see him . |
| 11 | I would dare I see him . |
| 12 | because er so few , so few of you have admitted to doing it , well five people here have , dare I ask if any one would like to say whether or not it was successful , yes . |
| 13 | Say , Thursday — or even , dare I ask , until the weekend ? ’ |
| 14 | Dare I ask ! |
| 15 | than my job then he said I presume you 've got mixed feelings , I said no my feelings are n't mixed up at all , I 'm quite , I 'm quite sure of my feelings of what I know , I said David I would n't associate myself , I would n't drink and I would n't go out with anybody in this building and he nearly fell over and he said dare I ask why ? |
| 16 | It could also be , dare I state it , a case of criminals enjoying a more active sex life in the long winter nights . |
| 17 | Dare I say give it up ? |
| 18 | Dare I say , as a once member of One Nation , that the world wants to know if Britain dare make Change its Ally ? |
| 19 | No responsible Christian or , dare I say , responsible humanist could possibly endorse that view , however . |
| 20 | A far better story and , dare I say it , a more Christian understanding ‘ comes from my second illustration . |
| 21 | Many of the other holes present similar hazards , and because of this , dare I say , there will be a good deal of conservative golf played this week , with players being forced to play into the safer , flatter parts of the green . |
| 22 | Dogs in general , Rottweilers in particular , are loyal and reliable ; dare I say , much more reliable than human beings ! |
| 23 | Finally , you are looking to see that you are getting value for money , and getting what you are paying for — area of land , size of rooms , and ( dare I say it ? ) good neighbours . |
| 24 | Dare I say it , it is like the Church . |
| 25 | Of course some of Our Guild Members are dare I say it just that wee bit narrow minded . |
| 26 | The sound world ( dare I say ‘ the acoustic sound world ’ ? ) is somewhere between Elton John and the Graingere two-piano Porgy and Bess Fantasy , and there are echoes throughout ( I wonder , indeed , if John Mc Laughlin knows John Foulds 's April-England ? ) . |
| 27 | Dare I say it ? |
| 28 | The fish character would be better , or dare I say banana ! |
| 29 | Lash ‘ N ’ Bash : Dare I say ? |
| 30 | ‘ It goes without saying that we have an obligation to pray for a just , understanding and — dare I say I — compassionate solution to the situation . |