Example sentences of "been [adj] drive " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been easy to drive without headlights , though she did n't attempt it . |
| 2 | The paper quotes Intel 's Dave House saying that the part will initially appear in the promised 66MHz version and a cheaper 60MHz version — Siemens AG is said to have been unable to drive the chip faster than 40MHz with cooling before it burned up . |
| 3 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
| 4 | It was as if someone had been trapped inside and had kicked and beaten the door — perhaps without success — until the power had gone and they had been able to drive back down the hill . |
| 5 | They have also been able to drive down costs faster than the locals and so create new export possibilities , even back to Japan ; a feat that has eluded Detroit for decades . |
| 6 | They had run into a few mobs of scuffling Haitians , but fortunately , they were mostly without firearms and so the Doctor and Howard had been able to drive through them , sending the mobs scurrying out of their way . |
| 7 | But , allowing that he could , he might just about have been able to drive the car to Exeter Sunday night . |
| 8 | ‘ He was so proud to have actually been able to drive me round himself . ’ |
| 9 | Dr John Foley would have been proud to drive his eldest son up to Earlsfort Terrace and wave him into his first day at university . |
| 10 | Their financial situation would not have been enough to drive them away . |
| 11 | It was only the office holding of the Stanleys which was threatened , but even that may have been enough to drive them into opposition to Edward by 1470 . |
| 12 | It was only the office holding of the Stanleys which was threatened , but even that may have been enough to drive them into opposition to Edward by 1470 . |
| 13 | Investing for the future although , although we 've been keen to drive for cash er , we really wanted to , to use the benefit of having a strong balance sheet and so where investment has seemed sensible and sound , we 've made those investments , of course we 've put er , cash in the B Sky B er and we 've also invested further in the er Spanish group , the Recollectors Group taking our stake in expansion , adding some cash and getting a stake in the bigger bigger grouping . |