Example sentences of "[pron] had not be able to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She always said she could n't have gone to Brownies at all if she had n't been able to cycle , for the distance was too far for her to walk , and there was no bus . |
| 2 | She had n't been able to stomach a great deal at breakfast , not after everything that had happened ; now she was starving . |
| 3 | Guilt rose in Dinah ; she had never returned Mrs Gracie 's money ; she had not been able to . |
| 4 | erm but , but certainly the , the er er the period has given the Communist Party er quite a large number of trained cadres which will be able to go out into the villages in a way that they had n't been able to in because it would , that was all too soon . |
| 5 | He had not been able to in Edinburgh , but now seemed the ideal time . |
| 6 | He was aware of this and in principle disliked it , attempting when he first set up in private practice , to resist it , but he had not been able to . |
| 7 | If he had n't been able to , it does n't bear thinking about . ’ |