Example sentences of "he was able [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When called to go to the gentiles , he was able to manage the change of understanding that this involved for the whole group . |
| 2 | So he was able to state the proportion of A to B in the mixture . |
| 3 | When eventually the moon came up over the edge of the trees he was able to see a group of four men and three horses coming towards him . |
| 4 | However , he was able to see the reason for the added tension on those days and not to allow that to interfere with his overall progress . |
| 5 | Up he went to the ledge overlooking the Dress Circle , on which he was able to take a stance — although today it is usually ignored in the thrust of a runout towards the top . |
| 6 | Canadian Pacific Railways and he was able to take a lot of people from the place he was born in out to Canada . |
| 7 | In fact , he was able to take the morning coach to Holborn and walk the brief distance to Clerkenwell , but the fare troubled him and he did not know how long he could afford to pay it . |
| 8 | The Russian wanted to say , ‘ I 'm sorry , it was all my fault , ‘ but just then his left foot felt a ledge and he was able to take the weight off his fingers . |
| 9 | But he was able to overwhelm an audience of devotees by genuine warmth and frankness . |
| 10 | He was able to join a rescue party which set off by boat from Fort-de-France , and he returned to St Pierre a scant twenty-four hours after he had left . |
| 11 | Mr Tweddle said while the police evidence did not provide a complete picture of what happened he was able to record a verdict of accidental death . |
| 12 | He was able to give a description . |
| 13 | Although too weak to leave his bed , he was able to give an account of his experience to his visitors . |
| 14 | Leech said that Bully Boy set off very quickly , but he was able to settle the gelding after the first two fences and went on to win unchallenged . |
| 15 | By 1867 his influence was such that he was able to force the resignation of the rector in office and persuade the pope to accept his nominee . |
| 16 | He was able to watch the progress of the three space travellers too , and steal an occasional glance at Britta 's legs . |
| 17 | In 1701 – 2 , the Whig mayor of the small corporation of Wilton , Wiltshire , created nineteen new burgesses , all of whom were Dissenters who did not even qualify under the terms of the Corporation Act , with the result that in 1702 he was able to reverse the defeat suffered by the Whigs in the election of the previous year . |
| 18 | So clean was the tackle that he was able to dispossess the player and race clear with the ball . |
| 19 | But , before he was able to put a name to it , something hit him on the back of the head , and for a long time he knew no more . |
| 20 | He was able to use the fact that he was a police sergeant ( and a sociology graduate ) to conduct a covert study of the police at work , and discusses the ethics of such research . |
| 21 | Even so , Police Constable Clifford nearly hit her , and it was only by a combination of his skill and the excellent condition of his car 's brakes that he was able to stop a fraction of a second before knocking her down . |
| 22 | He was also able to reach a settlement with France and by visiting Ireland , he was able to rationalize the government there . |
| 23 | He once claimed to me that he was able to open a beer bottle with his eye and that it would cost me $29 for the privilege of seeing the trick . |
| 24 | So when I could n't say a word , so he was able to open the lift door , you see , from outside . |
| 25 | In addition he was able to acquire an heiress and her estates for his eldest son , Walter . |
| 26 | By the early 1620s he was able to acquire an estate at Faringdon in Berkshire , the manor house then comprising the castle . |
| 27 | Doubts were raised about the claims of ex-banker Cyril Reenan that he was able to monitor a lovey-dovey conversation between a mystery woman , said to be Princess Diana , and an unidentified man for a total of 23 minutes . |
| 28 | Before many more weeks had passed , his demobilisation came through and he was able to shake the dust of the RAF off his boots forever . |
| 29 | He was able to show a reduction in the variance of some selected indicators of convergence ( as measured by the standard deviation ) at higher levels of industrialisation . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , he was able to obtain a warrant from a county judge , Sir John Medlicot , and promptly sent his informer , a Mr. Keting , with the warrant to arrest Richard Baxter . |