Example sentences of "bear to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bowler felt that Minton was happiest when painting and would have been content with a quiet life had he not been driven by a need for others and by the fact that he could not bear to be on his own . |
| 2 | How could one bear to be on the sidelines ? |
| 3 | It would have been unthinkable to have at the head of State a King and Queen who could no longer bear to be with each other . |
| 4 | So now he could n't even bear to be with her . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | If you ca n't bear to be in a van with five bastards than you should n't be in a band . |
| 7 | ‘ I hear things are so bad between the prince and princess , they ca n't even bear to be in the same room as one another , ’ said an estate worker . |
| 8 | I could n't bear to be in its thrall for another day . |
| 9 | I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse . |
| 10 | ‘ So long as it does n't interfere with your work ! ’ he snarled , and , as if he could no longer bear to be in the same room with her , he turned and strode from her sitting-room , through her hall , and out of her flat . |
| 11 | He discharged himself from hospital against medical advice , saying he could not bear to be in the same building as Keith Pringle , the man police are waiting to interview about a 47hour armed siege in Darlington . |
| 12 | Mr Ward , 20 , of Westminster Road , Darlington , left hospital in Middlesbrough a month ago against medical advice because he could not bear to be in the same building as Keith Pringle . |
| 13 | Mr Ward , of Westminster Road , Darlington , left Middlesbrough General Hosptal , against medical advice because he could not bear to be in the same building as gunman Keith Pringle . |