Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't [be] able " in BNC.
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| 31 | For about a year , since the summer before last , in fact , I had been writing to her and she to me and , because of the distance and something else I have n't been able to put my finger on ( maybe a need for excitement ) , the letters had become more and more sentimental , more and more loving , more and more like proper love letters . |
| 32 | ‘ Sorry I have n't been able to get Sergeant Henley for you . |
| 33 | ‘ I have n't been able to sleep or eat since our last meeting and , from the way you look , neither have you , ’ he said , taking in the discarded food and her too slender form with one glance . |
| 34 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | The only animals I have n't been able to check on are the sheep . ’ |
| 38 | I 've desperately wanted one of these , but of course , between the fees and books and everything else , I have n't been able to afford one . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ But I have n't been able to think of an excuse for getting in touch with her , ’ she admitted . |
| 40 | Actually it has , though whether by enough to require a bigger bag I have n't been able to make out . ’ |
| 41 | somehow I have n't been able to work |
| 42 | I have n't been able to get any tickets for the Word as yet . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | ‘ Now that 's one mystery I have n't been able to solve . |
| 45 | ‘ I 'm afraid I have n't been able to make a proper examination . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Look , Bernie , I have n't been able to bring myself to tell you this , but I 'm not sure if I 'll ever be able to go back on stage . |
| 47 | ‘ Only because I have n't been able to prove it yet . |
| 48 | ‘ I have n't been able to do too much so far . |
| 49 | My home is 90 miles away , so I have n't been able to afford to go back very often . |
| 50 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | I have n't been able to drink actually , er I could n't get me |
| 53 | I have been able to do the washing cos I have n't been able |
| 54 | I have n't been able to dry the washing cos we have n't out the |
| 55 | There 's only biscuits , I have n't been able to do any baking . |
| 56 | cos I had it running in the kitchen while we were cooking tea last night and Sue came in and goes a real big fart , and goes oh I have n't been able to fart all week , she says ! |
| 57 | But I have n't been able |
| 58 | I have n't been able to trace anything er later than that . |
| 59 | However , having been off last week , I have n't been able to do that , but I have made all the amendments and I was only going to talk us through those that needed everybody to know about them . |
| 60 | 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 . |