Example sentences of "n't been able [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that his face was badly burnt and it 's meant he has n't been able to take part in his favourite game of rugby . |
| 2 | Er , we have n't , in the scheme that 's before you , we have n't been able to take account of , of all the things that people have said and I think the most significant point about that is the comments that Road should also be covered by this scheme . |
| 3 | I just have n't been able to stop crying . |
| 4 | Gets you , the reason why helicopters have n't been able to do loop the loop unless they 've got a lot of height , is because , obviously it pulls you up |
| 5 | She had n't been able to save Antoinette . |
| 6 | He had n't been able to see Topaz for over two weeks because Virginia had been ill . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A perfect day for fishing , but Luke had n't been able to find Tom Carey at the usual places . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I last had one some five years ago , and have n't been able to get hold of one since . |
| 11 | ‘ We have n't been able to get hold of the boy concerned since he and his family moved away soon after the incident , whatever it was . |
| 12 | ‘ Sorry I have n't been able to get Sergeant Henley for you . |
| 13 | And yet , gradually the reputation has gone down , it 's become an area in which erm basically people who have n't been able to get housing . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And when she had helped Carole to put Emma and Sophie to bed she had n't been able to prevent tears coming to her eyes while she had listened to them solemnly saying their prayers . |
| 16 | He had n't been able to raise Manolo for minutes . |
| 17 | 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 . |