Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [adv] [been] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | People in my trade are supposed to be able to help , but I 've only been able to come up with the old platitude : ‘ Do n't buy a £500 car from a dealer because you 'll only get £100 worth of vehicle — the rest will be profit . ’ |
| 2 | I 've often felt desperate too , but I 've never been able to talk about it because people think you 're being superior : holier than human . |
| 3 | But I 've never been able to write except when I was stone cold sober . |
| 4 | I 've heard that there 's another door in the park somewhere , but I 've never been able to find it . |
| 5 | ‘ But I 've never been able to think straight where you 're concerned , ’ he said softly . |
| 6 | After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment . |
| 7 | Someone also presented me with an electric washer but I have never been able to use it because there is n't water in the house and I would n't be able to understand it anyway . |
| 8 | I have often looked for it with binoculars , but I have never been able to glimpse it even with × 20 , though my 76-mm refractor brings it out unmistakably , and with my 39-cm reflector I have no trouble in seeing the central star . |
| 9 | One globular cluster , NGC 5466 , is said to be visible , but I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |
| 10 | M67 is in the field with Alpha ( 4.2 ) ; it is said to be visible with the naked eye , but I have never been able to confirm this , though with binoculars it is very easy indeed . |
| 11 | It is rather faint ; I can just see it with × 12 and easily with × 20 , but I have never been able to detect it with × 7 . |
| 12 | There is said to be a rough period of about 100 days , but I have never been able to confirm this . |
| 13 | The components are of magnitudes 4.4 and 5.7 , and since the separation is almost 44 seconds of arc it should be possible to see them individually with × 20 binoculars , but I have never been able to do so with certainty . |
| 14 | It is said to be visible with binoculars , but I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |
| 15 | In fact M42 is only the brightest part of a vast nebular cloud which covers most of Orion , but I have never been able to see the rest of it with binoculars . |
| 16 | The range is said to be from 3.2 to 4.2 and the period around 45 days , but I have never been able to make much periodicity out of it , and neither have I ever seen it brighter than magnitude 3.6 . |
| 17 | Of the other stars in Pisces , Theta and Omicron ( each 4.3 ) have K-type spectra ; I can see that Omicron is slightly off-white , but I have never been able to see any colour at all in Theta . |
| 18 | Whether these were John 's family or whether there was another brother or sister I do not know , but I have never been able to find out anything about who they were or where they went to . |
| 19 | But nobody has ever been able to decide which . |
| 20 | But you 've always been able to make me behave completely out of character . ’ |
| 21 | She had a driving licence , which would enable her to drive the practice 's pet-ambulance , but she had never been able to save much from her salary . |
| 22 | Heaven knew , with an entire house to decorate , there was n't much time for sun-worshipping , but she 'd never been able to resist the lure of the warmth for long . |
| 23 | ‘ Out of doors is the best place for Brownies , really , but we 've only been able to be out of doors so much because of this hot summer . |
| 24 | From the 1650s onwards , judges had ordered convicts to be transported , but they had only been able to do this by passing a death sentence and then getting it commuted . |
| 25 | Graham Sharpe organiser says there is nowhere else in the world where two legs can race against four and pick up fourteen thousand pounds in prize money if they win … he explains that the horse has been beaten once by a mountain bike three years ago but they 've never been able to work out a winning formula |
| 26 | Applying the satanic indicators , they can find signs anywhere , but they have never been able to furnish proof . |
| 27 | His nanny had scolded him over and over , but he had never been able to stop . |
| 28 | Adam might have escaped the file memories for years , suppressed them and jerked violently away from them , but he had never been able to pretend he was unscathed by those events . |
| 29 | " Tricky Dick " Nixon was an astute party politician , but he had never been able to project an appealing public " image " . |
| 30 | Hoffman 's face has never been very expressive ( sometimes his rabbit stare makes me think that the great Maureen Stapleton has spawned an emotionally retarded.son ) , but he has always been able to get our empathy . ’ |