Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to Karen 's attack I had n't been able to pee , and when my organ switched from reproductive to urinary mode I realized that my bladder was bursting . |
| 2 | More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I had n't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil . |
| 3 | I had n't been able to do that for so long . ’ |
| 4 | I could say some of the things I had n't been able to say when I left him , because I had n't shared his feelings then . |
| 5 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
| 6 | Well , in fact I did n't know , not for certain , but I could n't see any signs at all of brassière straps or elastic waistbands which I had n't been able to help noticing on all other women . |
| 7 | I was getting hungry and frustrated because I had n't been able to enjoy any of it . |
| 8 | I even carried out a double-bluff of appearing slightly guilty for the wrong reasons , so that adults told me I should n't blame myself because I had n't been able to warn Paul in time . |
| 9 | But I can assure you that I would n't have lasted five minutes in what , by any standards , is a very tricky and difficult market if I had n't been able to cope with the work . |
| 10 | Michelangelo , da Vinci , Bellini , Caravaggio , Bernini — half the world 's art treasures in one country , and I had n't been able to travel beyond the walls of the Victoria and Albert . |
| 11 | What , really , has it done for Daisy — if I had not been able to help materially ? |
| 12 | This was a very great help to me , because I was able to learn the meaning of many words that I had not been able to understand before . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife . |
| 15 | Use analysis of the situation you are in as your key tactic : ‘ I 've not been able to make my point . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Yeah unfortunately I 've not been able to have it done yet . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He said I 've not been able to get one , and I went to he said I thought with an old |
| 23 | I have n't been able to explain this to Dr Grossman , because he would n't understand , but you will understand , and I hope be happy for me . |
| 24 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 25 | ‘ I have n't been able to get enough this Christmas to satisfy my customers ' needs . |
| 26 | Most important was losing inches off my hips , which I have n't been able to do before … . ‘ |
| 27 | It was just as well because the back boiler in the kitchen split in two about fifteen years ago and I have n't been able to light a fire in the grate since . |
| 28 | ‘ From the moment I set eyes on you I have n't been able to think of anything else . |
| 29 | You know , I have n't been able to take my eyes off you ever since you came to our office . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have n't been able to examine the body fully , ’ said Dr Lawton at once . |