Example sentences of "i have [be] able 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 . |