Example sentences of "he [verb] n't been [adj] [verb] " 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 | So the bedrooms and they 're not too bad because he has n't been able to do anything in the bedrooms the bedrooms are alright except that over the lintels in most of the bedrooms the plaster is is not right , it 's it 's flaking in great lumps and rippling and cracked something to do with the |
| 3 | He has n't been able to contact the list since , so we 're not sure what became of him . |
| 4 | But he has n't been able to forget what happened . |
| 5 | He has n't been able to tell his family much about the shooting . |
| 6 | " It could just be he has n't been able to catch anyone . " |
| 7 | That was five years ago , and he has n't been able to face a strawberry since ! |
| 8 | No wonder he had n't been keen to tell her about it . |
| 9 | She had been married before , of course , and he had n't been surprised to find out . |
| 10 | He had n't been able to see Topaz for over two weeks because Virginia had been ill . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He had n't been able to sleep on the plane at all . |
| 13 | He 'd had another sleepless night and ahead lay customs , who could n't be expected to be exactly pro-British , and because of post and telephone strikes in Argentina , he had n't been able to confirm the flight with Alejandro , so they 'd have to go through the hassle of hiring a car to drive the 330 kilometres out to his estancia . |
| 14 | He had farmed the child out , of course , but he had n't been able to quell the fear that somehow she might intrude upon his future . |
| 15 | When that happened it meant he was drunk , sprawled out on the sofa if he had n't been able to reach the bed . |
| 16 | But , even with all his experience , he had n't been able to wait , and it had n't mattered , nothing had been important then except being together . |
| 17 | They 'd arranged to meet for dinner , but it seemed he had n't been able to wait . |
| 18 | For forty years he had n't been able to bring himself to venture into it again . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He had n't been able to keep the irritation out of his voice . |
| 21 | There were pauses , then he banged the keys plaintively , going over the passages he had n't been able to get right , then suddenly he put on a record of the Chopin and played along with it , always two or three notes behind . |
| 22 | On leaving , he said that his only regret , was that he had n't been able to get round to everyone and say goodbye . |
| 23 | He had n't been able to raise Manolo for minutes . |
| 24 | He had n't been able to prevent himself from catching her when she fell , and now the feel of her , cradled helplessly against his chest , sent shafts of agony through him . |
| 25 | He had n't been able to mix with other pupils and suffered from depression . |
| 26 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |