Example sentences of "i have [be] able to take " in BNC.

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1 I wished I 'd been able to take a photograph of gaunt-face , but I 'd been more keen to listen .
2 And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right .
3 In the general run of life in a river this may be very true , but many times I have been able to take barbel and chub from the same swim simply by altering the depth at which my bait is fishing .
4 But we both know , although I have n't said it , that the consequence of her unfaithfulness is that I have been able to take the high ground .
5 Along with other members of my family I have been able to take a cycle on trains from Edinburgh to Stirling or Dunblane .
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