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Example sentences for "been possible"

  • Had it been possible he would have escaped the danger now, but the reminiscence of past delights in some sort reconciled him to the performance of this perilous duty.

  • He thoroughly enjoyed the ceremony, and would have liked to be married over and over again, every day for a week, had it been possible.

  • Poor Ruby, in her misery under this treatment, would have escaped out of the cart had it been possible.

  • And had it been possible he would have wished that no one should have known his whereabouts.

  • The latter she would have declined, had it been possible; but it was not possible.

  • Be this as it may, had it been possible to adopt Jackson's advice, the Federal army would have been caught in the execution of a difficult manoeuvre.

  • By universal acclamation, after the Manassas foray, Pope was promoted to the same distinction; and had it been possible to penetrate to the Federal headquarters, the mirth of those ragged privates would hardly have diminished.

  • Had it been possible to follow up the initial victory by a rapid advance, Cerro Gordo, the first, and the most difficult, of the mountain passes, might have been occupied without a blow.

  • Indeed, had it been possible, the three Englishmen would have gladly stayed to investigate the matter, for there were numerous interesting relics scattered about.

  • Indeed, had it been possible, I should willingly have undertaken to accompany your nephew, in which case my experience of life in Northern Africa would have been of some help to him.

  • Had it been possible to supply him with a Roman army, great results might have been expected; but at that time not a man could be spared from Italy, and the Spanish army was too weak to be divided.

  • Had it been possible to have held her there always, he would never have let her go.

  • Had it been possible, she would not have left him, and on her way to Brampton through the gathering darkness she mused anxiously upon that strange calmness he had shown after defeat.

  • She found it very hard to speak of her troubles, even to Miss Lucretia, and she would have kept this secret even from Jethro, had it been possible.

  • And yet he would so fain have forgotten her,--or rather have wiped away from the reality of his past life that one episode, had it been possible.

  • They would have hung the man without a moment's thought of mercy had it been possible.

  • But then the arrangement might have been possible.

  • Yes, it hasn't been possible to come before.

  • Mr. Vane told me to say that he would have brought these himself, had it been possible.

  • You did come to a friend, and though I could not drive out of my heart the demon of jealousy, though I was cut to the very bone, I would have helped you had help been possible.

  • Indeed the old Whigs, of whom Barrington Erle considered himself to be one, would have much preferred the Duke to Mr. Gresham, had it been possible to set Mr. Gresham aside.

  • I should have liked, had it been possible, to be once more in the cage to see that.

  • He would have avoided Lily for both their sakes, had it been possible; but it was no longer possible, and he could not keep his eyes from her face.

  • In the fervour of his admiration he would have gone straight to the archdeacon, had it been possible, and have told him what he had done and what he intended to do.

  • Dearly as he loved them, he would have severed himself from them, had it been possible.

  • In spite of all her roughness and temper, Mrs Proudie was in this like other women,--that she would fain have been loved had it been possible.

  • On the whole these Allies recommended us not to make any attempt, one saying that had it been possible he himself would of course have gone long ago.

  • It was a most heroic effort and, had it been possible to steam faster, would probably have been successful.

  • But when he saw Mr. Burton under the bright gas-lamp, he would very willingly have avoided him, had it been possible.

  • He was very thick-skinned to such reproaches, and would have left this unnoticed had it been possible.

  • Had it been possible to keep this matter from him altogether, she would have given much to do so; but now it would not be possible.

  • He had forgiven her; he still loved her; he would have cherished her in his bosom had it been possible.

  • Had it been possible he would have stopped the proceedings, and in this spirit he spoke to Dockwrath.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "been possible" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been away; been called; been carried; been described; been discovered; been done; been established; been for; been found; been guilty; been havin; been killed; been known; been laid; been looking; been lost; been placed; been pleased; been produced; been talkin; been tryin; been used; been very; been wanting; neutral state; proper object