Example sentences of "i can [adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't stand this any more . |
| 2 | He says : ‘ I do like real beers , but I ca n't stand keg . |
| 3 | When uncle Eugenio saw Judas striking a bargain with the Romans he cried out ‘ I ca n't stand this ! ’ and ran out of the movie theatre . |
| 4 | The one thing I ca n't stand is cynicism . |
| 5 | ‘ Our sons are always fighting and I ca n't stand the strain any more ’ |
| 6 | I have gone into this rather lengthy description for two reasons : one , because it leads back into the folklore of the November Owl Pie , and two , because I ca n't stand the blighters at any price . |
| 7 | I ca n't stand that woman . |
| 8 | I ca n't stand him ! ’ he said . |
| 9 | I struggled to get him into bed and he started to do deep breathing exercises , which he knows I ca n't stand when I 'm trying to get to sleep . |
| 10 | He 's asked me to go along as wardrobe mistress , I said I 'd think about it but I ca n't stand the heat . |
| 11 | Well , I did n't think it was anything but rudeness and I ca n't stand bad manners so I got the next train back and left him there . |
| 12 | ‘ Young people are brought up in the age of the video , so they can assimilate television that is cut quickly to a good musical beat , whereas older viewers would think , ‘ Oh God , it 's too fast and I ca n't stand all that dreadful loud music ’ , ’ Shapero says . |
| 13 | I ca n't stand the smell . |
| 14 | Miss Public House : ‘ I ca n't stand any more trouble . ’ |
| 15 | I ca n't stand crawling . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't stand all this traffic , ’ Mick said . |
| 17 | And you know it is wrong to suggest that I 've any motives in that quarter because , between you and me , I ca n't stand the man . |
| 18 | Another patient with inexplicable leg pains is saying ‘ I ca n't stand any more ’ . |
| 19 | I ca n't stand those kind of places . |
| 20 | I ca n't stand the bloody things myself . ’ |
| 21 | Our body is very resilient and it is only after years and years of mistreatment that it finally says , ‘ I ca n't stand this any more . ‘ |
| 22 | Do n't say it — ‘ who 's John Lennon ’ — I ca n't stand it . |
| 23 | I warn you , I ca n't stand seeing people lying in beds with bottles hanging up beside them and tubes coming in and out of their noses . |
| 24 | I want to tell them I 'm going to Drama School , but I ca n't stand the look on their faces , the thought of their whining voices saying it 's not a suitable occupation for their darling daughter . ’ |
| 25 | When I have it badly I ca n't stand up without vomiting , my vision is distorted , my speech is slurred and the pain in my head is almost unbearable . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't shout at me , I ca n't stand it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't stand that on ! |
| 28 | I ca n't stand another English winter . |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't stand much more of this . |
| 30 | But as the pressure increased the princess cracked and at one point is said to have told her solicitor : ‘ I ca n't stand anymore . ’ |