Example sentences of "i could [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well but as Father 's Day approached , Joe made it clear that I could n't hope to be any more than just second best |
| 2 | I could n't bear to be married if I had n't … ‘ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | At the time I could n't bear to be parted from my new little owl . |
| 5 | I could n't bear to be in its thrall for another day . |
| 6 | He just nodded as if he did n't want to speak , and then at the bottom ( it was vanity , I could n't bear to be lumped with Caroline ) I said , I 'm sorry my aunt said that at Kenwood . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't bear to be separated from Jeff for three weeks . |
| 9 | And I could n't bear to be with women I did like because it reminded me forcibly that they did n't turn me on . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't stand to be there . |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't fail to be , could I ? ’ |
| 12 | I could n't wait to be fourteen and be free of the place . |
| 13 | I could n't wait to be issued with a uniform as I stood out in my civilian clothes , which were much nicer than anybody else 's . |
| 14 | He maddened me , yet I could n't wait to be with him . ’ |
| 15 | I could n't seem to be bothered to move . |
| 16 | Mortal , I could not bear to be the one who slays the light . |
| 17 | But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance . |
| 18 | I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse . |