Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] n't [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Please can you tell me the name of the director , because he also directed Such Good Friends , and I have n't been able to remember his name ? " |
| 5 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've tried to stop it , but I have n't been able to . |
| 7 | ‘ But I have n't been able to think of an excuse for getting in touch with her , ’ she admitted . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
| 9 | But I have n't been able |