Example sentences of "could stand [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five days later Aggie felt she could stand no more . |
| 2 | Fred would listen patiently until he could stand no more and then depart to the small back yard , where he sat on an upturned tea-chest and vowed that one day he would forget how efficient his kitchen hand was and just do away with her . |
| 3 | He returned home from the Falklands because his crew could stand no more of the Antarctic . |
| 4 | It did n't win it any friends in the Sun Microsystems Inc camp , where they could stand a few friends . |
| 5 | You could stand a spoon in the cream here , it 's so thick . |
| 6 | ‘ She had no right to say what she did , and I never could stand a bully . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ They 've great coal fires , and bands come in , and crowds and crowds of solid drinkers , you could stand a spoon up in the fug . |
| 8 | When he could stand the silence no longer he went briskly into the other room . |
| 9 | He had taken up the cello at Gordonstoun , when his housemaster , Bob Whitby , could stand the noise of the bagpipes — his chosen instrument — no longer . |
| 10 | Not a true beauty , but the girl beckoned you off the paper ; confident , sexy , that face invited you to join in if you could stand the pace . |
| 11 | ‘ My father never could stand the sight of that cat afterwards , ’ said Mrs Browning . |
| 12 | No educated man could stand the Dissenters . ’ |
| 13 | Late on Sunday evening , William Prime could stand the pressure no more . |
| 14 | Those who could stand the pace flourished ; those who could not went to the wall . |
| 15 | There was dappled shade for those who preferred it or , by moving just a little , the afternoon sun for those who could stand the heat . |
| 16 | Well , if you think you could stand the strain of being part of this family , you 're welcome . |
| 17 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |
| 18 | Now , on this last day of his life , he showed he could stand the pain no more . |
| 19 | Eudo summoned all his strength , as if he could stand the pain no longer , and whispered a name . |
| 20 | They both knew that nothing between them was diminished , their affection could stand the disappointment of their hoped-for treat . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sure I could stand the pain if I found myself being exchanged for a newer model ! ’ |