Example sentences of "[pron] had not been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , really , has it done for Daisy — if I had not been able to help materially ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A second round of voting , in constituencies which had not been able to complete their quota of candidates , was announced for May 8 ; in this round , the candidates with most votes would be declared elected , even if they received less than the 30 per cent required for election in the first round . |
| 4 | She had not been able to come to terms with her ‘ public position ’ . |
| 5 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 6 | This particular person had found the shock so great that she had not been able to acknowledge it at all except by taking this evading action . |
| 7 | She had not been able to work out where the noise had been coming from . |
| 8 | But how sad that she had not been able to say that to the one person who really longed to hear it . |
| 9 | She explained that she had not been able to bring herself to discuss things with them , although she had managed to speak to her married brother , who had been very supportive and helpful . |
| 10 | She had not been able to hold down a job because of her phobia — no one is really willing to employ someone who will only come into the office on fine days , particularly in England ! |
| 11 | She had not been able to imagine why she should be suffering those anxiety attacks for so long . |
| 12 | She needed several things she had not been able to bring away from the Holborn house ; chemises , petticoats , nightgowns , drawers , a frilled nightcap that had taken her fancy , stockings , handkerchiefs . |
| 13 | Guilt rose in Dinah ; she had never returned Mrs Gracie 's money ; she had not been able to . |
| 14 | For a long time she had not been able to face many of her friends . |
| 15 | She came back defeated ; she had not been able to move her . |
| 16 | She had not been able to read on . |
| 17 | Since that day she had not been able to sleep , or to think straight . |
| 18 | She had not been able to drink the tea , although she had tried , so as not to be ungrateful . |
| 19 | It must be almost dawn , she thought absently ; an hour ago she had not been able to see a thing . |
| 20 | To her disappointment , she had not been able to find a Château La Tour Monchauzet vintage on the wine-list , but the half-bottle of Côtes de Bergerac that she chose instead more than made up for it . |
| 21 | She was bitterly sad that she had not been able to see her aunt before she died . |
| 22 | So far she had not been able to reconcile her desire to keep everything the same and her desire for comfort . |
| 23 | When she met her current boyfriend and fell pregnant , she had not been able to confide in them . |
| 24 | It was raining slightly on the day of inspection , but Willis , who had not been able to lay hands on his waterproof " tile " , but made do with a deep-crowned felt hat , stood on duty under the gap in the weather-boards , while an unsuspecting clerk from the agency showed the rest of the boat . |
| 25 | As white lesbians , because of our racism , we had not been able to work out a joint analysis of heterosexism with Black lesbian workers , because we had no knowledge of the implications and ramifications of heterosexism in their lives . |
| 26 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 27 | In 1347 he promised that the grievances of the Commons should be remedied by Chancery writs against Forest officers , but next year ‘ the commons of the county of Surrey and of other counties ’ complained that although they had sued for a writ in the Chancery , they had not been able to obtain the promised remedy . |
| 28 | While they were walking they had not been able to see it , because there were hills in the way ; but now they saw that the cottage was really built on a cliff , and down below them was a small bay . |
| 29 | It was later admitted by the men that " unfortunately , in that treaty , they had not been able to obtain any particular conditions " for women . |
| 30 | Rain asked whether they had not been able to get the story published elsewhere . |