Example sentences of "[adv] ca [adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others quite obviously ca n't stand the repeated and endless questioning . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I think Miss P had a real point ; you do have to know when you just ca n't stand any more trouble , not tonight anyway . |
| 4 | I adore you , but Demian just ca n't stand false sentiment . |
| 5 | Said Peter Smith , general secretary of the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association : ‘ There will be a haemorrhage of highly qualified teachers who just ca n't stand the conditions under which they 're required to work . ’ |
| 6 | Gorfang Rotgut really hates Dwarfs — he just ca n't stand stunties . |
| 7 | ‘ These women just ca n't stand the pace , can they ? ’ he appealed to Luke cheerfully before inevitably focusing on his own concerns . |
| 8 | He just ca n't stand it if things do n't work . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I just ca n't stand foxes , ’ said Grimma . |
| 10 | While she was absorbing that little gem , ‘ I never thought I would ever accept a working wife , but , ’ he paused and gave her a private smile , ‘ if that 's what my darling wants , I just ca n't stand in the way of her choice to continue working . ’ |
| 11 | I just ca n't stand it at times , but they ca n't give me anything for it . |
| 12 | And they both have the one man 's name I really ca n't stand . |
| 13 | I really ca n't stand the taste of whisky or brandy . |
| 14 | You know it 's the one thing I really ca n't stand , Antoinette shouted : disobedience . |
| 15 | And that 's what you really ca n't stand , is n't it ? |
| 16 | You often describe things as disgusting and when you do your mouth wrinkles up like you really ca n't stand the taste . |
| 17 | ‘ She simply ca n't stand the thought of any eligible male not being crazy about her . |
| 18 | If , however , you feel that your husband 's taste for this material says something about his whole personality that you simply ca n't stand , then you always have the option of leaving and taking your daughters with you . |
| 19 | I simply ca n't stand whizz-kid City high-flyers who think of nothing but profit and loss accounts and their latest seven-series BMW and where their next magnum of Bollinger is coming from ! ’ |
| 20 | So I had to be a bear till I got to the top of the mountain and then you have to look round to see , I wonder whether , who were those girls who were messing around over there ca n't stand that , mm , do something with them |