Example sentences of "they [verb] not been [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've not capitulated because they 've not been prepared to fight , they 've capitulated because there was no coordinated er , organizations to pull them together . |
| 2 | The general member auditors , er , I 'm told that they , they look after the money they 've not been able to find themselves seats I understand this morning , so hopefully everything 's in order but somewhere around Eric George and Arthur are they around ? |
| 3 | And the letter is tells me basically that they 've not been able to find out what the cause of the explosion was , and that there has n't been any further explosion since . |
| 4 | Often the timbers were no more than columns of sort of dampish dust because they had n't been able to breathe in this kind of brick envelope . |
| 5 | They wanted to reopen Sadler 's Wells with Carmen , Aida , Trovatore , operas they had n't been able to perform during the war . |
| 6 | They had n't been able to light a fire . |
| 7 | He felt he had the upper hand for once , and they had n't been able to set up the Microwave Gun yet , either ; he felt cool and relaxed . |
| 8 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |
| 9 | He had had her arrested for theft , but , although the jade was gone , they had n't been able to prove she had taken it . |
| 10 | They had n't been able to contact the elderly woman , who lived there . |
| 11 | They had n't been able to contact the elderly woman , who lived there . |
| 12 | Gerry Skelton , Borders district secretary of the TGWU , said that when the benefits agencies had mistakenly paid out extra money to claimants they had not been prepared to wait four years for the cash to be handed back . |
| 13 | While they were walking they had not been able to see it , because there were hills in the way ; but now they saw that the cottage was really built on a cliff , and down below them was a small bay . |
| 14 | They had not been able to travel fast , Wynne-Jones finding riding hard and requiring constant rests . |
| 15 | Rain asked whether they had not been able to get the story published elsewhere . |
| 16 | In 1347 he promised that the grievances of the Commons should be remedied by Chancery writs against Forest officers , but next year ‘ the commons of the county of Surrey and of other counties ’ complained that although they had sued for a writ in the Chancery , they had not been able to obtain the promised remedy . |
| 17 | It was later admitted by the men that " unfortunately , in that treaty , they had not been able to obtain any particular conditions " for women . |
| 18 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 19 | Inevitably we have n't held er er they have n't been able to hold up that new members this year and er the main job has been trying to er keep quite a number of the members who were recruited er to the gen following er the general election . |
| 20 | ‘ They have n't been able to protect me so far , ’ Donna snapped . |
| 21 | Their house is a repository rich with the things they have n't been able to bring themselves to sell . |
| 22 | on disability issues and they have n't been able to find anybody else , but what they 've said , despite extensive attempts the convention has not been able to obtain a replacement for this one , due to and buys us time . |
| 23 | That either they have n't been able to think about it very carefully , not looking at the real options , or have n't got an electric point , so they ca n't have an electric shredder , or whatever the appropriate way of dealing with the more sort of shrubby erm waste that they 're likely to have . |
| 24 | Apparently the , he said they 've had one of them up in court twenty seven times and they have n't been able to prove it yet |
| 25 | ‘ It is also desirable that members of our senior squad not in the first team are able to continue playing at a reasonable level , and they have not been able to do this in the past . ’ |
| 26 | When they have not been able to do so they have been isolated and their influence has been drastically reduced ’ |
| 27 | Although tigers have been able to adapt to different climates and landscapes , they have not been able to live alongside people . |
| 28 | These are all examples of ways in which people learn to live with long-term social difficulties which they have not been able to change . |
| 29 | It was Charlton 's 11th away success — a League best — and their achievements are all the more commendable coming in the wake of last year 's relegation , the departure of manager Lennie Lawrence , the on-off move back to the Valley and the fact that they have not been able to compete in the transfer market . |
| 30 | These people are often thoughtful and clever , but so far they have not been able to bring about worthwhile changes . |