Example sentences of "we [verb] [not/n't] [adv] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd had a soft erection before , but as our mouths collided — we had n't even been able to kiss all week ! — it hardened up painfully . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the inflow of complaints continues to grow and I am disturbed that we have not yet been able to make much of an inroad into the backlog of work . |
| 3 | Even though we have not yet been able to predict any of these quantities from superstring theory , many people believe that we will be able to do so eventually . |
| 4 | ‘ We have not yet been able to review the data ’ , he says . |
| 5 | " We have n't exactly been sweeping swooning suitors off the doorstep , though , have we ? |
| 6 | Erm one of the problems that we 've been facing in the past , certainly , in G P House is the amount of stuff that 's on the floor and therefore we have n't actually been able to tackle these things very effectively . |