Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These fifteenth-century chests with their incised shell pattern are peculiar to Møn — I 've not been able to discover any on the other islands . |
| 2 | ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife . |
| 3 | Use analysis of the situation you are in as your key tactic : ‘ I 've not been able to make my point . |
| 4 | I 've not been able to ask Fiona why , since I know she is personally very involved and helped draw up the UK version of ‘ Caring For The Earth ’ with Adrian Phillips . |
| 5 | This is purported to walk the grave yard at certain times of the year , but firm evidence of this I 've not been able to find ; you always hear that someone else has seen it but never first hand . |
| 6 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 7 | Erm , apparently the first tune they used to those words , was a tune , which I 've not been able to find , which came from Britain . |
| 8 | Yeah unfortunately I 've not been able to have it done yet . |
| 9 | Erm whilst I 've not been able to produce an audited er set of accounts I do have er a set of figures for you erm and as you said at the the beginning of your opening er speech Mr Chairman that erm we had one or two losses during the year , those er in actual fact did n't erm affect us in thi this particular financial year as they were aimed at the September December period , but therefore they will be reflected in next year 's figures not or in the current year 's figures or the next annual general meeting 's figures . |
| 10 | He said I 've not been able to get one , and I went to he said I thought with an old |
| 11 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've ever been able to persuade Beefy to stop for treatment , ’ says Dave ‘ Rooster ’ Roberts , the new England cricket team physio who is looking after the walkers . |
| 12 | This is the only nine to five sales job I 've ever been able to offer anybody . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've always been able to do it , probably because I used to play soccer . |
| 14 | Except for the two years after Martin drowned I 've always been able to believe that at the heart of the universe there is love . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've always been able to breathe . ’ |
| 16 | In my whole life of collecting and I suppose it 's a little bit to assuage my conscience I 've always been able to say to myself that I 'm allowed to have these things and enjoy them , but eventually they 're all going to museums . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never been able to , ’ said Lucy . |
| 18 | I 've often felt desperate too , but I 've never been able to talk about it because people think you 're being superior : holier than human . |
| 19 | I 've never been able to think so clearly in my life before . |
| 20 | I 've never been able to think such extreme thoughts in my life before . |
| 21 | ‘ There 's a parochial side to Scotland that I 've never been able to accept . |
| 22 | It 's the other kind of thinking I 've never been able to muster , the long-term stuff , ‘ Never confuse strategy with tactics , ’ one of my tutors advised me , but I ca n't even remember what the words mean . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course I 've never been able to cook . |
| 24 | I 've never been able to say rum a widow . |
| 25 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
| 26 | But I 've never been able to write except when I was stone cold sober . |
| 27 | ‘ You know I 've never been able to combine being a father with analysis . |
| 28 | I 've never been able to speak Spanish before , apart from a few odd phrases like spaghetti bolognese and virtuosi di Roma ! |
| 29 | I 've heard that there 's another door in the park somewhere , but I 've never been able to find it . |
| 30 | ‘ But I 've never been able to think straight where you 're concerned , ’ he said softly . |