Example sentences of "[pron] could [not/n't] bear " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't bear to have the television on either — I just sat there in silence , trying to work it all out . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't bear to think of the future , of what would happen to her when we got old , if we got ill , when we died , or worse — whether she would only live a few years , ’ she says . |
| 3 | After he told them about this , they sent one letter from Siam covered with stamps : ‘ Those would have kept me in The Autocar for ever , but I could n't bear to part with the envelope . ’ |
| 4 | I really thought I could n't bear not to at least understand what he was going through , but by that time my opinion was totally irrelevant — not wanted — added to which , I 'm not easy to get along with anyway because I 'm not a ‘ yes-man ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I know it 's silly , I mean she 's dead , but it 's so cold and I could n't bear the idea of her just lying there . ’ |
| 6 | I could n't bear to start the whole thing all over again . |
| 7 | But after the marriage and the party , when it was time , the brougham was already waiting for us at the front door , I could n't bear to leave . |
| 8 | But usually I decide it 's OK for them , but not for me — I could n't bear it , I 'd feel fat . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't bear to go to Twickenham knowing that it would be my last game , ’ he said . |
| 10 | I emerged from its jaws a short time later , however , as I could n't bear the heat — My water wave fell down ! ’ |
| 11 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 12 | So we had to redecorate the house very quickly because I could n't bear it . ’ |
| 13 | I could n't bear to be married if I had n't … ‘ |
| 14 | I could n't bear being a pumpkin again . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I could n't bear him to kiss me . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I could n't bear the thought of us going down with me as club captain and president . |
| 18 | I nearly starved at first because I could n't bear the idea of eating — well — insects and the like , but it 's amazing what you can get used to . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And the ridiculous thing was , of course , that I could n't bear to tell her about Lalage and Arthur . |
| 20 | I could n't bear the mournful look on his face . |
| 21 | I had only pretended I did n't know , preferring to see things as I would like them to be , rather than as they were , imprisoning myself in a ramshackle edifice of lies because I could n't bear to knock it down and start again , shivering and alone in a great expanse of sand . |
| 22 | I could n't bear it ! ’ |
| 23 | I could n't bear it ! ’ |
| 24 | Eventually I stopped asking , because I could n't bear the sad little shake of his head that meant Not this time either . |
| 25 | At the time I could n't bear to be parted from my new little owl . |
| 26 | But I could n't bear … just could n't bear … the idea of her being alive and me not being with her … ’ |
| 27 | And I could n't bear the way she was there and not there , the way I was present to her and yet not present . |
| 28 | You see , I suddenly felt that I could n't bear it , not knowing where they were going to be for the next three and a half weeks ( though in retrospect I doubt whether the location of the groom much perturbed me ) . |
| 29 | I could n't bear it . |
| 30 | " I could n't bear the company . " |