Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb base] not be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were libraries in the lighthouses at Portnahaven , Rhuvaal and probably McArthur 's Head but I have not been able to find out what happened to them . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've tried to stop it , but I have n't been able to . |
| 3 | ‘ But I have n't been able to think of an excuse for getting in touch with her , ’ she admitted . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
| 5 | But I have n't been able |
| 6 | Mr Binstead , who says he has investigated many similar offers , none of which have produced loans , said : ‘ We are making inquiries , but we have not been able to establish whether these offers are going to come through . ’ |
| 7 | He is a very nice horse but we have not been able to test him in Dubai , ’ said Conway . |
| 8 | But we have not been able to discover any contact they had in common . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 10 | Many feminists have become uncomfortable with this idea , but we have n't been able to find any other argument that did n't immediately pose a threat to our basic position that women must control their own bodies . |
| 11 | We intended to do a little bit of er beach work to try and get something like that but we have n't been able to , so . |
| 12 | Unfortunately very little , er we know he 's been in prison since nineteen eighty seven and that he 's been sentenced to ten years , but we have n't been able to determine er under what charge , what happened at his trial , whether he was given defence , er access to a lawyer , those kind of things , and er Amnesty believes that he 's been er imprisoned for his beliefs . |