Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't stand this any more . |
| 2 | He says : ‘ I do like real beers , but I ca n't stand keg . |
| 3 | If you ca n't stand the heat , spend this winter with an old age pensioner . |
| 4 | When uncle Eugenio saw Judas striking a bargain with the Romans he cried out ‘ I ca n't stand this ! ’ and ran out of the movie theatre . |
| 5 | The one thing I ca n't stand is cynicism . |
| 6 | ‘ Our sons are always fighting and I ca n't stand the strain any more ’ |
| 7 | I have gone into this rather lengthy description for two reasons : one , because it leads back into the folklore of the November Owl Pie , and two , because I ca n't stand the blighters at any price . |
| 8 | ‘ If you ca n't stand the heat , Richard , old boy , ’ an anonymous voice said . |
| 9 | I hate talking about it because I hate making it sound as if someone is to blame but I just ca n't stand people who manipulate other people . |
| 10 | What do I say when I visit an old Cockney lady with a fractured leg who has been sent home because the orthopaedic surgeons need her bed for the daily influx of trauma , but who ca n't stand unaided and who lives alone ? |
| 11 | He ca n't stand hospitals . |
| 12 | You talk as if you have n't seen each other for months , ca n't stand each other and ca n't wait to get away ’ . |
| 13 | He ca n't stand his mother . |
| 14 | ‘ Come along , children , we ca n't stand around like lost dogs all day . |
| 15 | I ca n't stand that woman . |
| 16 | I ca n't stand him ! ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ Ca n't stand the false officers and their fancy women a moment longer . |
| 18 | I struggled to get him into bed and he started to do deep breathing exercises , which he knows I ca n't stand when I 'm trying to get to sleep . |
| 19 | He 's asked me to go along as wardrobe mistress , I said I 'd think about it but I ca n't stand the heat . |
| 20 | Well , I did n't think it was anything but rudeness and I ca n't stand bad manners so I got the next train back and left him there . |
| 21 | But it ca n't stand high compression — a major drawback to power output . |
| 22 | ‘ His mother 's dead and he ca n't stand his father . |
| 23 | Another design fault rests with the flex : since it protrudes from the heel , you ca n't stand it up when you 're not using it . |
| 24 | They ca n't stand Patten any more . |
| 25 | ‘ Young people are brought up in the age of the video , so they can assimilate television that is cut quickly to a good musical beat , whereas older viewers would think , ‘ Oh God , it 's too fast and I ca n't stand all that dreadful loud music ’ , ’ Shapero says . |
| 26 | Old Harry ca n't stand Lillibet and it 's not hard to see why . |
| 27 | I ca n't stand the smell . |
| 28 | Even though he ca n't stand the sight of me , he 'll do anything to get me to play if he thinks it will help . |
| 29 | ‘ Ca n't stand giving pupils work they find easy , ’ said Mr Fractor , thumping a huge pile of papers on Endill 's desk . |
| 30 | We ca n't stand up and lecture them on self-reliance and personal responsibility and then wade in and take over as soon as they show signs of doing what we want . |