Example sentences of "[modal v] have [been] able [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors at the French town of Moutiers said if they had been told sooner on Saturday they may have been able to save some of the victim 's lives . |
| 2 | Doctors at the French town of Moutiers said if they had been told sooner on Saturday they may have been able to save some of the victim 's lives . |
| 3 | The shire and hundred meetings may have been able to exercise some kind of control over this , although a king who allowed himself and his servants too much leeway would have been difficult to oppose directly . |
| 4 | In other words designers at DEC may have been able to make some process concessions to achieve a record clock rate that might not be appropriate for other architectures . |
| 5 | He has been taking medication and it is believed he may have been able to hide some of the drug . |
| 6 | ‘ But surely we ought to have been able to find some sort of compromise … ’ |