Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [be] [adj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd not been able to think what to say . |
| 2 | After the yard was the house that was built for , and due , so much more life than I 'd ever been able to give it . |
| 3 | But if you 'd also been able to identify me then they would certainly have initiated an investigation . |
| 4 | And , since I 'd often been obliged to meet his other women during the course of his business , I maliciously decided that he would have to encounter my bit on the side , day in and day out . |
| 5 | It was Irene , for instance , who pointed out something I 'd never been able to put my finger on : that Tod ca n't talk and smile at the same time . |
| 6 | I feared that , but I must always have wanted it too , because when you had me dismissed from that job — Oh , I hated that , I hated not being able to see you any more , but I thought it was you I hated . |
| 7 | During the war years , the Russian artist had rarely been able to sell his work and he took to following Zborowski round like a shadow , hanging about outside the Rotonde . |
| 8 | The Westernizers and Slavophiles who had hitherto been able to voice their opinions only with extreme caution embarked upon a deliberate policy of circulating handwritten memoranda . |
| 9 | Julie had only been able to tell him that it was urgent . |
| 10 | Because merchants paid enormous sums for the right to sell vodka , the imperial government had long been prepared to overlook their chicanery at the point of sale . |
| 11 | On his retirement he and Mrs. Scott — a source of strength and encouragement throughout the years in Stockport — moved to Plymouth , where they had long been accustomed to spend their summer holidays . |
| 12 | The impression lingered that her mother had not come to find her , and that her mother had not been pleased to have her returned , for Rachaela was instantly slapped . |
| 13 | If he had not been halfway to sleep he would have noticed that far from washing the make-up from her face she had taken the trouble to apply the eye shadow and lip-stick that her mother sent her from Moscow . |
| 14 | The servants had not been keen to let him see the man , but his rank and vague remarks about the importance of co-operation with the Grand Army had succeeded in securing him an interview . |
| 15 | This particular person had found the shock so great that she had not been able to acknowledge it at all except by taking this evading action . |
| 16 | The minister 's one regret was that he had not been able to implement his scheme in full . |
| 17 | She came back defeated ; she had not been able to move her . |
| 18 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 19 | She was bitterly sad that she had not been able to see her aunt before she died . |
| 20 | While they were walking they had not been able to see it , because there were hills in the way ; but now they saw that the cottage was really built on a cliff , and down below them was a small bay . |
| 21 | It had not been able to clarify its position on vital issues such as Punjab violence and communalism . |
| 22 | So far she had not been able to reconcile her desire to keep everything the same and her desire for comfort . |
| 23 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 24 | For , so her fear would run , he had not been able to accept her trading character . |
| 25 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 26 | But he had not been able to show anyone , yet , that he was anything but what his father now was : a rich man who did what he liked because he was King and everyone was polite to him . |
| 27 | He had not been able to buy himself provisions , both grocery shops were closed . |
| 28 | ‘ The climbers had not been able to retrieve their earlier fixed ropes and consequently there was no spare rope which Dave might use . |
| 29 | A second round of voting , in constituencies which had not been able to complete their quota of candidates , was announced for May 8 ; in this round , the candidates with most votes would be declared elected , even if they received less than the 30 per cent required for election in the first round . |
| 30 | As it was , Europe had not been able to supply herself with all her needs since the middle of the nineteenth century . |