Example sentences of "have not [be] able to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not been able to in Edinburgh , but now seemed the ideal time . |
| 2 | Forster made use of this in a way his predecessors had not been able to . |
| 3 | Guilt rose in Dinah ; she had never returned Mrs Gracie 's money ; she had not been able to . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 6 | BR have not been able to very helpful in this direction , largely because of the financial constraints imposed on them . |