Example sentences of "[conj] i have n't be able " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Although I have n't been able to convince myself . ’ |
2 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
3 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
4 | Now I might forget some of them but , er , what about er , you , seeing as how your skill is one that I have n't been able to acquire yet , Jo how did you get to make the perfect quiche . |
5 | My home is 90 miles away , so I have n't been able to afford to go back very often . |
6 | It was just as well because the back boiler in the kitchen split in two about fifteen years ago and I have n't been able to light a fire in the grate since . |
7 | Please can you tell me the name of the director , because he also directed Such Good Friends , and I have n't been able to remember his name ? " |
8 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | I have been able to do the washing cos I have n't been able |
11 | ‘ I 've tried to stop it , but I have n't been able to . |
12 | ‘ But I have n't been able to think of an excuse for getting in touch with her , ’ she admitted . |
13 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
14 | But I have n't been able |
15 | ‘ It has been a difficult year because I have n't been able to get into the side . ’ |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ‘ Only because I have n't been able to prove it yet . |
18 | 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 . |