Example sentences of "not be able to say [that] " in BNC.

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1 But how sad that she had not been able to say that to the one person who really longed to hear it .
2 Counsel in support of the application this morning has not been able to say that that claim or allegation has been abandoned .
3 For example , a defendant will presumably not be able to say that he injured the complainant intending to have sexual intercourse with her but she then consented .
4 The teapot , milk jug , sugar basin and tongs will require cleaning with Goddard 's powder before midday , so that all will be proper , and the visitors will not be able to say that this house is a slum inside , even if there is one outside . ’
5 I have to carry my tetanus card so that if I was er injured and unconscious and not being able to say that I 've had the horse serum , the doctor thinking , Oh look look he 's got lots of soil in that cut , er give him a quick injection of the horse serum , that could actually be fatal .
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