Example sentences of "i [was/were] able make [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was soon to take up my first teaching post in a Secondary School and he had called to ask if I were able to make use of a potter 's wheel which he could provide for the new Art room . |
| 2 | He was in Long Lartin prison when he wrote to me , but by the time that I was able to make contact with him , he had been transferred to Winson Green prison . |
| 3 | In the evening a teacher arrived to help me learn the language , and in a few days I was able to make conversation with the island people . |
| 4 | So I was able to make excursions throughout the state , which is about the size of Hampshire , admiring its astonishing number of traditional country houses , and enjoying the company of many of their owners . |
| 5 | Gradually my eyes got used to the glare and I was able to make sense of my surroundings . |