Example sentences of "[not/n't] bear see " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the Marmeladov who married his present wife — not that that did any good either — because he could not bear to see such suffering . |
| 2 | The French sneer that , because Mr Van den Broek gets on badly with his prime minister , Ruud Lubbers , he can not bear to see the summiteers running the show . |
| 3 | I often thought her blindness was not entirely physical : she wanted finally to shut her eyes to the sorrows and miseries of the son she still adored , for she could not bear to see me suffering . |
| 4 | She had given the instruction herself , saying she could not bear to see the person who had been the instrument through whom she had heard such infamous news . |
| 5 | For example , the mother of a five-year-old who always cries when bedtime comes may give in every so often and let him stay up late because she can not bear to see tears . |
| 6 | I could not bear to see him suffer and so I threw myself wholeheartedly on to Nonni 's side , arguing passionately that my aunts ' lack of interest in day-to-day matters was a boring affectation ; that Nonni was much more ‘ real ’ and ‘ closer to life ’ . |
| 7 | He records Smart 's statement that he ‘ must have finished an unfortunate life in jail had it not been for the good nature of a Friend , who could not bear to see his tears ’ . |
| 8 | Some parents can not bear to see children cry and try to avoid this at all events , others may be erratic and inconsistent in their controls . |
| 9 | Letterman implies that he had to divorce her for her own good ; he could not bear to see so much life force confined in marriage . |
| 10 | But I can not bear to see the stars , even though I know they 're there all right , and I do see them , because Tod looks upwards at night , as everybody does , and coos and points . |
| 11 | He could not bear to see the pale cream child tied to her back with his small head bobbing on her shoulder , or bundled to her breast , asleep in satisfaction after food . |
| 12 | It is almost as if having failed , the surgical staff can not bear to see the patient . |
| 13 | She could not bear to see him so miserable and cast down . |
| 14 | He could not bear to see it , because Tess was not there . |
| 15 | ‘ I just could not bear to see someone so young , and so obviously above those two cats , caught helplessly in that bleak place ! ’ |
| 16 | I can not bear seeing her again . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't bear seeing them throwing it away , that 's all . |
| 18 | Like so much of the show , it gave a touching twist to the common run of things ; it was as if he could n't bear to see us go . |
| 19 | When Gloria came , pattering across the ward in all her best , Dot could n't bear to see her pretty face and turned away on the pillow with shut eyes . |
| 20 | She loved animals , and she could n't bear to see the poor black cat trapped in the tree , unable to free itself . |
| 21 | I ca n't bear to see you lolling about in here when it 's so glorious outside ’ . ’ |
| 22 | He could n't bear to see Daniel Marsh fawning round his wife like a besotted mongrel , and any other man who looked at her was to be immediately discouraged . |
| 23 | You can then wash the summer sheet regularly and the top when the outside gets do disgusting you ca n't bear to see it . |
| 24 | These so-called friends are usually overweight , failed-dieters who ca n't bear to see you succeeding . |
| 25 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , Ludo , I ca n't bear to see you cry . |
| 27 | But he had been there with Montaine and he could n't bear to see the place again — not then . |
| 28 | But I could n't bear to see him standing there so desolately , face to face with his own failure . |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't bear to see what 's happening to you , ’ she told him . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't bear to see you crying … ’ |