Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have [been] able to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was going to help me , with what I had in mind , the fact that I 'd been able to wise him up on that . |
| 2 | The question I I have is quite a simple one , and that is I would like to actually see this pond slightly closer quarters than I 've been able to . |
| 3 | She was contributing more than she had been able to before to her mother 's household expenses . |
| 4 | What we did was we based our forecast , which I think Mr raised that point , we based our forecast on the admissions that we did at the Department of Social Security and I 'm glad to say that we have been significantly under that level and partly I think because er we 've had people who have genuinely diverted into home care and who 've been able to which is why we 've put the pressure on home care and on the occupational therapy services and partly because erm the , there were some inappropriate admissions I must say that . |
| 5 | In any case , she was too scared to go back to sleep even if she had been able to . |
| 6 | It is possible that a greater difference would have emerged if we had been able to age-match the Crohn 's disease and control groups , as age has been shown to be inversely correlated with intestinal blood volume . |
| 7 | But he could not move and , even if he had been able to , he knew that the Robemaker could fell him in a breath-space by sorcery . |
| 8 | If he had been able to , how gladly he would have hired himself out to either of the wealthy men whose daughters had died . |
| 9 | He moved on up the street , or would have moved on if he had been able to . |
| 10 | They 've always given me tremendous support and , when I 've been able to in a busy schedule , I 've reciprocated . |