Example sentences of "[pron] could [not/n't] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't stand it . |
| 2 | I could n't stand any more , so I locked myself in my bedroom and in the morning I went to Newhaven and got on the boat . |
| 3 | Supposing there were a heaven , I could n't stand an eternity with you . |
| 4 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 5 | I could n't stand by and take it from that arrogant old blimp without putting a word in . ’ |
| 6 | And last time I went I could n't stand it . |
| 7 | Then we got Brian back — ’ Brian ! — ‘ because I could n't stand your father worrying that he 'd fall down a rock face . ’ |
| 8 | Eventually , I could n't stand it any more . |
| 9 | ‘ When my boyfriend tried to touch me , I could n't stand him to be near me . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've dropped out — I could n't stand it any more . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't stand the tension myself . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't stand it , ’ says the 44-year-old former Davis Cup player . |
| 13 | I could n't stand that hospital any longer , and I 'm much happier here at home . |
| 14 | I could n't stand seein' the poor fings in those traps , ’ Aggie groaned . |
| 15 | I could n't stand a smelly cat tearin' me 'ome ter pieces , ’ she told him . |
| 16 | I could n't stand me 'ome gettin' tore ter pieces , an' they 're so smelly , ’ she moaned . |
| 17 | Very often people are almost haunted by one particular experience and they think to themselves , ‘ Oh no , I could n't stand it if it happened like that again' . |
| 18 | I could n't stand chemistry anyway , could n't understand it at all , the atoms and the neutrons and all that . |
| 19 | He hit me a lot , but I suffered it till I could n't stand it any more . |
| 20 | Apart from the barmaid , we were the only women there , and the two youngest women in our group had a long discussion : one defended the secret solidarity of the men , the other said , " it 's no place for a woman , I could n't stand it . " |
| 21 | ‘ Finally I could n't stand it any longer , so I left him . ’ |
| 22 | You know I could n't stand the boy being submitted to physical punishment , ’ David was quick to assure him . |
| 23 | I could n't stand the journey . |
| 24 | I went out for a walk because I could n't stand being indoors . |
| 25 | I could n't stand this ritual dance any longer and cautiously addressed the floor by the chargé 's feet . |
| 26 | When I first came I could n't stand it . |
| 27 | Just take , just take , I was gon na take them , I says , I could n't stand the pain any longer , |
| 28 | But being me I could n't stand that very long , may be two or three months , and I asked to be moved . |
| 29 | I could n't stand it , I got him to retie my hands in front and then I unhooked the monsters and smashed them on the hearth . |
| 30 | I said I could n't stand the orangeady carpet any more and he 's bought me some Indian and Turkish rugs . |