Example sentences of "'ve be able [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun !
2 first time you 've been able to talk to him properly .
3 Over the years , we 've taken the risk to increase the court 's costs , erm , where we 've got agreed pro er , principles , and we 've b we 've been able to go to the courts and they 've agreed with us , for instance , standard fees for overloaded vehicle cases , we charge seventy pounds a time .
4 In working in years gone by with proprietary applications we 've been able to rely to a large extent on security facilities provided by the operating system .
5 my Lord I can I 'm sitting early tomorrow because a witness is being cross examined by Mr got to go off to so tomorrow he simply could not er , he si simply could not be released but er with your clerk er we 've been able to speak to Mr
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