Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	Frankie and Chopper were on Freddie 's heels , but Billy had not been able to keep up with them .
2	Several of them were fringe members who we have not been able to keep on to some of them especially in er in Little Hulton and Irlam
3	As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie .
4	So far I have not been able to come up with any musical symbol that has not been catered for , whether arranging for full orchestra , brass-band or choir — with the single exception of guitar chord symbols .
5	I had n't been quick to come around to Caduta , as you know .
6	‘ Giles rang up , ’ his daughter volunteered , and he was uncomfortably reminded by something in her voice that Giles Hawick was one of the men Jennifer had n't been able to hang on to — or not once he had seen Angela .
7	‘ I still have n't been able to find out for sure .
8	On leaving , he said that his only regret , was that he had n't been able to get round to everyone and say goodbye .
9	You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business .
10	The main problem has been we have n't been able to come up to EC standards .

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