Example sentences of "she [verb] not been able " in BNC.
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| 31 | She had n't been able to prevent herself from burying her face in the soft wool — and almost groaning out loud in agony as she 'd inhaled the strongly male , musky scent of his cologne . |
| 32 | At the time it had been easy enough to make the pledge he had demanded , since she had n't been able to imagine a situation where she would ever want to attack anyone . |
| 33 | She had denied everything , but , as Lori must have known , she had n't been able to save herself by denouncing her cousin . |
| 34 | She had n't been able to sleep at all the night before for thinking of him , and some of her thoughts had been unprintable . |
| 35 | Fabia returned to her room admitting today — where for some unknown reason she had n't been able to admit yesterday — that yes , she was attracted by him , and yes , she did feel drawn to him . |
| 36 | She had not been able to come to terms with her ‘ public position ’ . |
| 37 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 38 | This particular person had found the shock so great that she had not been able to acknowledge it at all except by taking this evading action . |
| 39 | She had not been able to work out where the noise had been coming from . |
| 40 | But how sad that she had not been able to say that to the one person who really longed to hear it . |
| 41 | She explained that she had not been able to bring herself to discuss things with them , although she had managed to speak to her married brother , who had been very supportive and helpful . |
| 42 | She had not been able to hold down a job because of her phobia — no one is really willing to employ someone who will only come into the office on fine days , particularly in England ! |
| 43 | She had not been able to imagine why she should be suffering those anxiety attacks for so long . |
| 44 | She needed several things she had not been able to bring away from the Holborn house ; chemises , petticoats , nightgowns , drawers , a frilled nightcap that had taken her fancy , stockings , handkerchiefs . |
| 45 | Guilt rose in Dinah ; she had never returned Mrs Gracie 's money ; she had not been able to . |
| 46 | For a long time she had not been able to face many of her friends . |
| 47 | She came back defeated ; she had not been able to move her . |
| 48 | She had not been able to read on . |
| 49 | Since that day she had not been able to sleep , or to think straight . |
| 50 | She had not been able to drink the tea , although she had tried , so as not to be ungrateful . |
| 51 | It must be almost dawn , she thought absently ; an hour ago she had not been able to see a thing . |
| 52 | To her disappointment , she had not been able to find a Château La Tour Monchauzet vintage on the wine-list , but the half-bottle of Côtes de Bergerac that she chose instead more than made up for it . |
| 53 | She was bitterly sad that she had not been able to see her aunt before she died . |
| 54 | So far she had not been able to reconcile her desire to keep everything the same and her desire for comfort . |
| 55 | When she met her current boyfriend and fell pregnant , she had not been able to confide in them . |