Example sentences of "could bear " in BNC.
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| 1 | The friend felt Levi had survived ‘ so that I could bear witness ’ . |
| 2 | That 's what holidays were for — looking at your toes , wandering on the beach , hours of sitting and staring , standing and staring , lying as long as you could bear in the sun with eyes closed . |
| 3 | But she also said Hawick wanted her to give up her partnership here and she did n't think she could bear to . ’ |
| 4 | Subsequent Cabinet and Service Department screening in Whitehall reduced the figure to £4,700 million which was the most that the Treasury believed the economy could bear without being put on to a war footing . |
| 5 | It was more tolerable that his wife should write her horrible effusions as Gina Buffon ( not many people knew his wife 's name ) but it was still more than he could bear . |
| 6 | The agonies of reading one 's most intimate feelings and thoughts aloud to a roomful of strangers , and then being expected to talk about them and explain them in an acceptably relaxed and humorous manner were more than I could bear . |
| 7 | At last , she could bear it no longer . |
| 8 | As many straining muscles as anyone could bear , and some attractive flares too |
| 9 | Finally Mungo could bear it no longer . |
| 10 | Imagining the terror of those left behind in the middle , their precious cover dwindling every moment , Mungo could bear no more and looked away . |
| 11 | It had been Eleanor , quiet , firm , devoted whom Dorothea had loved , and Eleanor had been the only living person whose presence she could bear when Hallam died a year after their coming to Haverstock . |
| 12 | ‘ If only the Russians do n't come here , we could bear everything else ’ , was a commonly heard sentiment . |
| 13 | Fortunately , they decided they could bear each other 's company long enough for a farewell tour , starting next month , and also a valedictory album . |
| 14 | Finally , they could bear it no longer . |
| 15 | Leapor goes on to observe that although knights in romances may ‘ … sup on Grass and breakfast on the Breeze ’ , that is nothing which Octavia could bear . |
| 16 | I have read of a good bishop that was to be burnt for his religion ; and he tried how he could bear it , by putting his fingers into the lighted candle : so I t' other day tried , when Rachel 's back was turned , if I could not scour a pewter plate she had begun . |
| 17 | At 3.30 , Anne Butler could bear it no longer . |
| 18 | At one time , even lately , she had thought that she could bear it , turning it all into pure love . |
| 19 | But last night a boat brought news of a raid on Coll , and it was more than he could bear ! ’ |
| 20 | Even the tiniest of flag stations ( where passengers stopped the train by raising a flag or changing a signal ) could bear the marks of the expertise of some unsung local craftsman . |
| 21 | There were whispers , too , about an earlier time when several of his close friends died suddenly and sadly , when he was full of self-doubt , and his despair had become more than he could bear . |
| 22 | It was more than Phil could bear to think that he would never again be there to make Christmas sparkle for her . |
| 23 | It was a tragedy that few could bear to witness , and Winnie Bailey , in dressing-gown and wellingtons , led the redoubtable Ella away to her own house across the green . |
| 24 | Even assuming that the bureau could bear the additional nominal £150 that NACAB charges each year for keeping the system up to date , the heaviest cost would be the time of the person who must insert the monthly updates . |
| 25 | Besides , it had come on to rain , and the prospect of arriving home soaking wet to find my housemates Trisha and Brian curled up in a post-coital stupor in front of the TV was more than I could bear , so I swallowed my pride and went back inside . |
| 26 | There were three horses among the four of them and they were in such poor shape that not one could bear a double burden . |
| 27 | There was nearly a chance when he got locked in a lift at the Horseguards Hotel the other day , but the prospect of being out of the front line for a few hours was more than he could bear . |
| 28 | You could see that the pain of standing was more than it could bear , and it struggled to be allowed to collapse again but the owners made it walk : led it away stumbling on three legs with the fourth jutting out sideways . |
| 29 | Tina could bear no more . |
| 30 | Although there was no visible difference in china , we felt it was cleaner because the water was far hotter than the hand could bear . |