Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] bear to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could hear the beating of his heart and she closed her eyes , thankful for his presence for she could not bear to be alone , not now , not yet . |
| 2 | He could not bear to be away from Maura today . |
| 3 | Mortal , I could not bear to be the one who slays the light . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance . |
| 6 | I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse . |
| 7 | FitzAlan was holding her as if he would make her part of himself , as if he could not bear to be separate from her . |
| 8 | The truth was that he could not bear to be so close to Chris and yet feel so distant . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Mademoiselle do believe me , begged Mary-Lou in despair , for she could not bear to be scolded like that . |
| 13 | I could n't bear to be married if I had n't … ‘ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | The couple had just got married and could n't bear to be apart . |
| 16 | At the time I could n't bear to be parted from my new little owl . |
| 17 | I could n't bear to be in its thrall for another day . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't bear to be separated from Jeff for three weeks . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | That meant she could n't bear to be touched . |
| 24 | no I 'm not no when I am I ca n't eat anything , if I was like that I just could n't bear to be even in the same room as anybody who 's eating , so no the urge of chocolate is possibly to do with fat |
| 25 | If you ca n't bear to be in a van with five bastards than you should n't be in a band . |
| 26 | Mister Johnny ca n't bear to be teased , really ca n't bear it ] It sends him into a terrible rage . |
| 27 | Joy 's mother says that she ca n't bear to be parted from her daughter and grandchildren again . |
| 28 | Pictures that tells us our Royals ca n't bear to be together … |
| 29 | This was the trip that was supposed to show us that , despite their problems , Charles and Di ca n't bear to be apart . |
| 30 | As it is , it looks like they ca n't bear to be together . |