Example sentences of "could n't bear " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't bear to have the television on either — I just sat there in silence , trying to work it all out . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't bear to think of the future , of what would happen to her when we got old , if we got ill , when we died , or worse — whether she would only live a few years , ’ she says . |
| 4 | Everybody 's shop was making a lot of money and we just could n't bear the thought of us all getting like the rest of the industry . |
| 5 | After he told them about this , they sent one letter from Siam covered with stamps : ‘ Those would have kept me in The Autocar for ever , but I could n't bear to part with the envelope . ’ |
| 6 | He visited his former homeland last summer and could n't bear it . |
| 7 | I really thought I could n't bear not to at least understand what he was going through , but by that time my opinion was totally irrelevant — not wanted — added to which , I 'm not easy to get along with anyway because I 'm not a ‘ yes-man ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I know it 's silly , I mean she 's dead , but it 's so cold and I could n't bear the idea of her just lying there . ’ |
| 9 | I could n't bear to start the whole thing all over again . |
| 10 | She could n't bear it if he spent money on anything consumable . |
| 11 | It was what Nigel wanted in theory , but in practice he could n't bear the whole thing ending acrimoniously , especially with her getting the last word . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But after the marriage and the party , when it was time , the brougham was already waiting for us at the front door , I could n't bear to leave . |
| 14 | But usually I decide it 's OK for them , but not for me — I could n't bear it , I 'd feel fat . |
| 15 | I listened with fascination to this insider viewpoint , and the moody Miss Brickell suddenly became a real person , not a pathetic collection of dry bones , but a mixed-up pulsating young woman full of strong urges and stronger guilts who 'd piled on too much pressure , loaded her need of penitence and her heavy desires and perhaps finally her pregnancy onto someone who could n't bear it all , and who 'd seen a violent way to escape her . |
| 16 | Could n't bear to hurt her so abominably . |
| 17 | ‘ I could n't bear to go to Twickenham knowing that it would be my last game , ’ he said . |
| 18 | But then they could n't bear the clothes to go in together . |
| 19 | I just could n't bear it any more . |
| 20 | I emerged from its jaws a short time later , however , as I could n't bear the heat — My water wave fell down ! ’ |
| 21 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 22 | She loved animals , and she could n't bear to see the poor black cat trapped in the tree , unable to free itself . |
| 23 | He had come unscathed through all his ops and then was reluctantly persuaded to become Navigation Officer , but he could n't bear being grounded . |
| 24 | So we had to redecorate the house very quickly because I could n't bear it . ’ |
| 25 | She could n't bear ugly things . |
| 26 | Now that the party was over , she set to work to remove all traces of it , because she could n't bear the aftermath of revelry . |
| 27 | The dilemma threatened to spoil Sally 's happiness but one thing she was certain of — whatever it took she would do it because she could n't bear to lose him . |
| 28 | And she could n't bear the thought of being sucked back into the ebb tide of loneliness again either . |
| 29 | She could n't bear to think of Pa lying under the cold , hard earth , silenced for ever . |
| 30 | He took her with him on his visit because he could n't bear to let her disappear without finding out more about her . |