Example sentences of "could [not/n't] bear to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not bear to be away from Maura today . |
| 2 | The truth was that he could not bear to be so close to Chris and yet feel so distant . |
| 3 | How could I have possibly explained without hurting you that I could n't bear to be near you , because you no longer felt like my mother ? |
| 4 | The couple had just got married and could n't bear to be apart . |
| 5 | no I 'm not no when I am I ca n't eat anything , if I was like that I just could n't bear to be even in the same room as anybody who 's eating , so no the urge of chocolate is possibly to do with fat |
| 6 | ‘ In the end I could n't bear to be anywhere else , ’ she said , and added that if such practices had been going on in the islands as were alleged , everyone would have known about them . |
| 7 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |