Example sentences of "[subord] i have not be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Although I have n't been able to convince myself . ’ |
| 2 | In particular , the number of stopping places available to them has been drastically reduced over a period of three or four decades during which the travelling population has been on the increase , although I have not been able to discover the measure of it . |
| 3 | My home is 90 miles away , so I have n't been able to afford to go back very often . |
| 4 | Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’ |
| 5 | The original bouquet for this picture was exceptionally large , so I have not been able to reproduce a life-sized replica but instead have scaled it down to fit into a picture frame . |
| 6 | Thank you for all your contributions over the last year , and please accept my apologies if I have n't been able to use an article that you 've sent , hopefully the next issue will contain those for which due to lack of space I was unable to include this time . |
| 7 | I have been able to do the washing cos I have n't been able |
| 8 | ‘ It has been a difficult year because I have n't been able to get into the side . ’ |
| 9 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 10 | ‘ Only because I have n't been able to prove it yet . |
| 11 | I 've taken suspects to the police station when I have n't been able to break them down , and I 've told my inspector exactly what 's happened , he 's got the whole picture and then he 's closed the door and called the man in , closed the door . |
| 12 | For Hardy , who had written in a letter to Thomas Macquoid , ‘ I am glad you like Tess — though I have not been able to put on paper all that she is , or was , to me ’ , it was ‘ the beginning of the end of his career as a novelist ’ . |
| 13 | With × 20 it is easy , though I have not been able to obtain any definite resolution into stars without using a telescope . |