Example sentences of "have be able [verb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By four o'clock , I knew from the morning 's reckoning that I should have been able to see the Land Rover . |
| 2 | This move was executed overnight , with little time to spare , for Kluck , believing both French and British forces already defeated , was still marching westward at maximum speed and would shortly have been able to envelop the BEF 's left flank . |
| 3 | The state 's ultimate authority over broadcasting exemplifies one of the deficiencies of public service broadcasting , though , paradoxically , John Reith , the BBC 's first managing director/director general , would not have been able to develop the BBC as he did had he not had the full support of the state . |
| 4 | The pensioner had been caring for his sick wife and had been able to make the US trip only because she had been taken into a nursing home to allow him to have the break . |
| 5 | But no-one had been able to match the Lancashire company 's price . |
| 6 | Chris has been told by his doctor not to play bass for at least two weeks , but the band have been able to salvage the London show of the tour . |