Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has only been able to distribute a few as yet , but they know that they 're there and are overjoyed at the prospect of getting them . |
| 2 | She could remember the bra , it had been rather a good black lace wired Kayser Bondor , of a line that appeared to have been discontinued , as she 'd never been able to find another . |
| 3 | In his arms , pressed close against the hard , powerful body she 'd never been able to banish from her mind , she forgot everything but him , knew nothing but the agonising joy of being in his arms . |
| 4 | Heaven knew , with an entire house to decorate , there was n't much time for sun-worshipping , but she 'd never been able to resist the lure of the warmth for long . |
| 5 | She 'd never been able to lie to Candy — the other woman knew her too well , could see through her straight away . |
| 6 | SHe 'd always been able to disassociate ‘ work ’ from pleasure , clients from lovers , but had been worried that the experience of Jahsaxa 's friends mauling hir might have intruded into this objectivity . |
| 7 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 8 | In the daylight Julie could see the holes in the road which , the previous night , she 'd only been able to feel . |
| 9 | She had even been able to effect an imperfect superimposition of her reality upon his own . |
| 10 | After yet another bawling-out following their evening meal , which once again she had hardly been able to touch , Nathan sent her below to make coffee . |
| 11 | She had hardly been able to sleep , anyway . |
| 12 | After Mark 's funeral Robyn 's lips had been so painful that she had hardly been able to speak or smile for days — but then that had suited her fine , still suited her , although no one guessed , except Anne perhaps . |
| 13 | She had never been able to stand against those pale , cold eyes , that flat , unimpassioned voice . |
| 14 | She had never been able to equal her sister 's matchless beauty , she knew , but at least she presented the world with a fair imitation of it . |
| 15 | Riding one of Jennie 's fabulous dressage schoolmasters , Katharine was able to experience a whole host of dressage movements from flying changes to pirouettes that she had never been able to try before . |
| 16 | From somewhere in the back Cecilia could hear that sound she had never been able to identify and had not liked to ask about , a regular screeching as made by a bird in a zoo . |
| 17 | In a recent essay she claims to have had a strong sense of déjá-vu upon first reading theories of post-structuralism and postmodernism , for though she had never been able to articulate them clearly in conceptual form , she had discovered many of the concepts these theories present through writing fiction ( 1991a:165 ) . |
| 18 | She had never been able to talk about her fears with any of her friends . |
| 19 | In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers . |
| 20 | She had a driving licence , which would enable her to drive the practice 's pet-ambulance , but she had never been able to save much from her salary . |
| 21 | But then she had always been able to do that for him . |
| 22 | Yeah , luckily enough she 's just been able enough to do her own thing ai n't she ? |
| 23 | She 's never been able to afford the upkeep of it . |
| 24 | I , I , think that there is you know , something er ba er mechanically amiss as well , but er you see , you know , she , she says that she 's , she 's certainly been able to visit , which is mum 's favourite expression , a lot better |