Example sentences of "had [adv] [be] [adj] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pathologist and the Detective Sergeant had not been over-eager to react to his suggestion to go straight to the highest authority . |
| 2 | She had not been able to come to terms with her ‘ public position ’ . |
| 3 | To add to the difficulties , pleasure flights were still in progress and , while it had been relatively easy to prevent any more from taking off after hearing of the emergency situation , it had also been necessary to radio to others to stay in the air and not attempt to land until the crisis was over . |
| 4 | I was trying to accomplish within my own small person what the malais had n't been able to do to a nation . |
| 5 | She 'd already been there over two weeks , and still had n't been able to speak to the Dane . |
| 6 | Stephen had never been able to talk to her about her relationship with the great novelist . |