Example sentences of "that i had been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found it extraordinary that I had been able simply to get into a car in Britain and drive unhindered to Roztoky . |
| 2 | It was thus that I had been able to gain some sense of the sort of place Miss Kenton had gone to live her married life . |
| 3 | Since those days I have sometimes wished that I had been able to record on tape the conversations I had with Gilbert Harding , who was an intellectual . |
| 4 | I knew that I could achieve results despite the difficulties , and I knew that I had been able to demonstrate the ability to work with people of other countries . |
| 5 | In spite of the rain 's best efforts , I was pleased that I had been able to observe and film interesting mink behaviour . |
| 6 | But I wished fervently that I had been able to do more , and as I passed my hand along the richly coloured coat over the ribs the vast bandaged finger stood out like a symbol of my helplessness . |