Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] n't been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bump into a lot of people at conferences , so I have n't been able to write formally to thank you for the meeting because I do n't want anything on the record then |
| 2 | somehow I have n't been able to work |
| 3 | For about a year , since the summer before last , in fact , I had been writing to her and she to me and , because of the distance and something else I have n't been able to put my finger on ( maybe a need for excitement ) , the letters had become more and more sentimental , more and more loving , more and more like proper love letters . |
| 4 | All those nights when she had n't been able to sleep seemed to be catching up with her . |
| 5 | Previously she had n't been able to work out whether he was or not . |
| 6 | That either they have n't been able to think about it very carefully , not looking at the real options , or have n't got an electric point , so they ca n't have an electric shredder , or whatever the appropriate way of dealing with the more sort of shrubby erm waste that they 're likely to have . |