Example sentences of "they had n't [been] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They wanted to reopen Sadler 's Wells with Carmen , Aida , Trovatore , operas they had n't been able to perform during the war . |
| 3 | They had n't been able to light a fire . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They had n't been able to contact the elderly woman , who lived there . |
| 8 | They had n't been able to contact the elderly woman , who lived there . |