Example sentences of "n't have the heart " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leila did n't have the heart to tell him she doubted whether there 'd be much opportunity for him ever to do that , at least while he was helping her with Ari . |
| 2 | Sally knew her mother had trouble making ends meet on the nine pounds ten shillings a week that her father brought home from his job as an electrician 's mate and she did n't have the heart to plead for luxuries she knew they could not afford as Paula did . |
| 3 | Joseph could see tufts of grizzled hair protruding from beneath the sweat-soaked turban wrapped around the head of his aged coolie and he did n't have the heart to order him to gallop . |
| 4 | But I just do n't have the heart to explore these ideas ’ , says Gibson . |
| 5 | ‘ And was n't she that desperate that I did n't have the heart to tell her no ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I dare say he wo n't have the heart to push on with any changes , ’ said Fishbane . |
| 7 | Sunil snored loudly and Amiss did n't have the heart to wake him . |
| 8 | Well erm David said that he did n't think the strike would have gone on or they would n't have the heart to go on without the women ? |
| 9 | I did n't have the heart to tell him or Nicola that I was worried that Jo 's ‘ phone would be tapped . |
| 10 | ‘ But when I 'm already awake I do n't have the heart to wake him . ’ |
| 11 | He broke off , and looked suddenly so exhausted and worn that Leith just did n't have the heart to tell him what an offensive brute his cousin had been . |
| 12 | PUB regulars admitted today : ‘ We just did n't have the heart to burn Johnny the Guy . ’ |
| 13 | Mr said he did n't have the heart to tell them how , you might think it 's good value but he did n't when he 'd only paid fifteen pounds fifty a ticket . |
| 14 | I 've , I 've never ever known him to iron anything ever since I 've been you know , little , I 've never seen him iron anything but me mum was in fits because he 'd even ironed the socks so she said she did n't have the heart to tell him that she does n't usually bother with the ruddy socks , but er the thought was there was n't it ? |