Example sentences of "n't [be] able [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cockney ruffian culture has n't been able to progress on the swaggering menace , social quirks , pithy observation and deranged vignettes detailed in the impressive collection of tunes played out here under the giant M erected in Finsbury Park . |
| 2 | I was trying to accomplish within my own small person what the malais had n't been able to do to a nation . |
| 3 | I had a feeling they 'd been blocked off by the malais and had n't been able to go by the quickest route they wanted . |
| 4 | They wanted to reopen Sadler 's Wells with Carmen , Aida , Trovatore , operas they had n't been able to perform during the war . |
| 5 | But I can assure you that I would n't have lasted five minutes in what , by any standards , is a very tricky and difficult market if I had n't been able to cope with the work . |
| 6 | He had n't been able to sleep on the plane at all . |
| 7 | They 're angry the motor racing team has n't been able to improve on the reportedly £7million offer to tempt him back . |
| 8 | ‘ But I have n't been able to think of an excuse for getting in touch with her , ’ she admitted . |
| 9 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 10 | ‘ It has been a difficult year because I have n't been able to get into the side . ’ |
| 11 | Michelangelo , da Vinci , Bellini , Caravaggio , Bernini — half the world 's art treasures in one country , and I had n't been able to travel beyond the walls of the Victoria and Albert . |
| 12 | She 'd already been there over two weeks , and still had n't been able to speak to the Dane . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's no one of any consequence in London at the moment , ’ she told him , ‘ but you wo n't be able to move for the millions of nobodies going to look at the Tower . ’ |
| 14 | I thoroughly enjoyed using the program and if you are a PC and Solution owning diver , you wo n't be able to live without the interface . |
| 15 | As the years go by , Ursula 's body becomes a bore , and she experiences a fear of ageing : ‘ I shall have to die fairly young , because I wo n't be able to live with the infirmities of old age . ’ |
| 16 | well , erm tis n't , she 's not , she wants the W R A F and nothing else and Sue said you ca n't be like that , you know , and er , so they 've decided that she 's got ta carry on with this Saturday job because she wo n't be able to go on the dole look , straight away will she ? |
| 17 | And you wo n't be able to go to the F S A anyway cos you 're on your course . |
| 18 | Oh I meant to switch me pump off , no , still I think it 'll be alright cos there 's water in the erm , in the pond is alright , just wo n't be able to go through the waterfall |
| 19 | I would n't be able to deal with a twenty-four year-old A&R man . |
| 20 | After a few months off , your main worry may be that you wo n't be able to cope with a full-time job , which will probably put you off returning to what you were doing before the baby . |
| 21 | Unfortunately Laura was almost sure that even now , and despite every ounce of sophistication at her command , she still would n't be able to cope with the intrusion of Marissa Kenton into her husband 's life . |
| 22 | After he calmed down , Scott reasoned that if Annabel were having a heart attack , she would n't be able to talk on the telephone . |
| 23 | They find out that they 'll be competing against three local councillors from Kent , one from each of the main political parties — everyone crosses their fingers that they wo n't be able to agree on an answer . |
| 24 | She would n't be able to join in the races now , but she could get there for the prize-giving at the end of them , and for the diving display , and this time , if the yacht was there , she would stop . |
| 25 | ‘ I have to be there by nine o'clock , so I wo n't be able to help with the morning surgery . ’ |
| 26 | I would n't be able to walk across the room otherwise . |
| 27 | I wo n't be able to walk for a week , with or without shoes . ’ |
| 28 | You would n't be able to walk along the Malecon with me like this , for a start ! ’ |
| 29 | There are no real problems , but if you plan to varnish a floor it is important that all traces of old finish are removed , otherwise the stain wo n't be able to soak into the timber , and this results in uneven staining . |
| 30 | Maybe it might even affect his work and he would n't be able to concentrate in the afternoon . |