Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] have n't been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only animals I have n't been able to check on are the sheep . ’ |
| 2 | No wonder she had n't been able to find the door handle . |
| 3 | There they will remain for most of April , at least one of the pair on guard at all times on the loch in order to ward off any attempted ‘ take-over ’ , perhaps by young pairs who have n't been able to locate a suitable breeding site . |
| 4 | For forty years he had n't been able to bring himself to venture into it again . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They say they 're having to deal with more and more dogs owned by families who have n't been able to give them the exercise they need . |
| 7 | Their house is a repository rich with the things they have n't been able to bring themselves to sell . |
| 8 | There were pauses , then he banged the keys plaintively , going over the passages he had n't been able to get right , then suddenly he put on a record of the Chopin and played along with it , always two or three notes behind . |
| 9 | The other time , he remembered , it was his father who had n't been able to eat . |
| 10 | And yet , gradually the reputation has gone down , it 's become an area in which erm basically people who have n't been able to get housing . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And when she had helped Carole to put Emma and Sophie to bed she had n't been able to prevent tears coming to her eyes while she had listened to them solemnly saying their prayers . |
| 13 | ‘ Now that 's one mystery I have n't been able to solve . |
| 14 | Fabia returned to her room admitting today — where for some unknown reason she had n't been able to admit yesterday — that yes , she was attracted by him , and yes , she did feel drawn to him . |
| 15 | They wanted to reopen Sadler 's Wells with Carmen , Aida , Trovatore , operas they had n't been able to perform during the war . |
| 16 | Actually it has , though whether by enough to require a bigger bag I have n't been able to make out . ’ |