Several proposed mergers have collapsed, usually because managers could not bear to hand over control.
We can't bear to hand over £100 for this so do a runner, ending up instead at the Hotel Flora, which is slightly better, even though the landlady refuses to let us see a room first, insisting, "No!
And another is at Ewood Park, because Jack Walker could not bear to hand it back after the two-week sojourn it usually spends at the home of the champions, so bought the 1995 model off Barclays.
All she could hear was the tinkling harness of the mules that would drag the bull out of the ring, the chink of spur on stirrup, "and the voice of some well-intentioned supporter wishing you luck, and you can hardly bear to give him your hand".
Owens broke 11 Olympic records and the Nazi leader could neither bear to shake hands or be photographed with him.
This meeting takes place hours before Capello names that Egypt squad yet there were claims Bridge could not even bear to shake Terry's hand during the traditional pre-match greeting.
In five independent tests in Minnesota on August 23 , 2011and May 12 , 2012 the senior author (LR) presented wild-caught garter snakes to five wild, free-ranging black bears accustomed to hand-feeding.
For a short time she could not bear to let her mother's hands touch her because they had stroked the dead girl's forehead.
Major software vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle are all readying new technology offerings, loaded with Enterprise 2.0 features, to bear a hand to the organizations in their quest for innovation.
Like pilgrims at a gigantic outdoor Mass — think John Paul II at Gdansk — they know their role: when to raise their hands, when to sway, when to sing, when to scream his name, when to bear his body, hand over hand, from the rear of the orchestra to the stage.
