Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [not/n't] bear to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't bear to be married if I had n't … ‘ |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | At the time I could n't bear to be parted from my new little owl . |
| 4 | I could n't bear to be in its thrall for another day . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | ‘ I could n't bear to be separated from Jeff for three weeks . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Mortal , I could not bear to be the one who slays the light . |
| 10 | But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance . |
| 11 | I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse . |