Example sentences of "they [verb] 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ They have n't been able to protect me so far , ’ Donna snapped . |
| 11 | Their house is a repository rich with the things they have n't been able to bring themselves to sell . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |