Example sentences of "'ve [adv] be [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 You 've only been able to get through the last four years by not thinking about it .
2 ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife .
3 because we 've not been able to talk to people
4 In my whole life of collecting and I suppose it 's a little bit to assuage my conscience I 've always been able to say to myself that I 'm allowed to have these things and enjoy them , but eventually they 're all going to museums .
5 I 've often felt desperate too , but I 've never been able to talk about it because people think you 're being superior : holier than human .
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