Example sentences of "not been able [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've not been able to ask Fiona why , since I know she is personally very involved and helped draw up the UK version of ‘ Caring For The Earth ’ with Adrian Phillips . |
| 2 | He had n't been able to see Slater for two days after the party , and that time had passed in a daze for him . |
| 3 | A perfect day for fishing , but Luke had n't been able to find Tom Carey at the usual places . |
| 4 | He apologized when he was close enough , because he guessed he had n't been able to hear Lavinia calling to him above the noise of the Suffolk Punch . |
| 5 | ‘ Sorry I have n't been able to get Sergeant Henley for you . |
| 6 | I even carried out a double-bluff of appearing slightly guilty for the wrong reasons , so that adults told me I should n't blame myself because I had n't been able to warn Paul in time . |
| 7 | He had n't been able to raise Manolo for minutes . |
| 8 | 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 . |