Example sentences of "be able [verb] it [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Only a handful of people , it had been established , had been near enough to the leading car of the funicular to have been able to give it the fatal extra push that had sent Woodleigh and Jilly Jonathan tumbling down the steep hillside .
2 She was lucky she 'd been able to keep it a secret all along .
3 I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Prince of Wales Charities might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation .
4 I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Roval Bank of Scotland might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation .
5 I enclose the Constitution of this Association , in the hope that The Trust might , at some point this year or early next , be able to award it a small donation .
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