Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When snow many feet deep blankets the land and the lake is covered with ice , the beavers are able to swim out from their lodge beneath the ice , retrieve the green branches and feed on them throughout the winter . |
| 2 | Mrs Critten has an invalid husband , so is unable to get out and about very much , but thanks to Denise and Julia she is able to carry on with her Machine Knitting . |
| 3 | Chris had written a letter to Tina Jelly in Aldershot saying that he still loved her and missed her a lot , but was sure that until he came home she would be able to go out with his mates from the Royal Signals . |
| 4 | All his dealings had been with himself and that larger self of family which had been thrown together by marriage or accident : he had never been able to go out from his shell of self . |
| 5 | ’ And then mercifully he lost interest and fell asleep and I was able to go back to my researches in the library . |
| 6 | He 's therefore been stuck , living on er friends ' floors for the last few weeks , not being able to go back to his girlfriend and not being able to see his children , er and Madam that 's had an effect on his , on his business as well . |
| 7 | No ; not a boy , a man , one who would be able to stand up to her father and say , ‘ It 's done , she 's mine . ’ |
| 8 | Reynolds was a notable conversationalist , well able to stand up to his friends , who included Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke . |
| 9 | His only concern at that time was whether his marriage was going to be able to stand up to his time in jail . |
| 10 | Education is one of the privileges that bureaucrats increasingly are able to pass on to their offspring , together with their important connections in the state apparatus , which Cliff maintains is used as their private property ( Cliff 1964 ) . |
| 11 | and slow down , keep a safe distance , you should always be able to pull up within your range of vision , what else do n't you do , what do n't you do in fog ? |
| 12 | ‘ Criminals are able to listen in to our car and personal radios with them and that gives them an early warning of our approach . ’ |
| 13 | It 's so important for a wife to be able to look up to her husband . |
| 14 | In 1888 , a decade after total estrangement had come between them , Nietzsche was still able to look back to his days with Wagner at Tribschen as " days of trust , optimism , sublime accidents , profound moments " . |
| 15 | By the way , your ma will be able to help out at your dairy for a month or two as I 'm cutting down on the number of cows at the manor . |
| 16 | We recognised there was a need to ensure quality and consistency in everything we did , to be able to point out to our customers how we do things , and where necessary to be audited on these procedures . |
| 17 | It was nearly seven in the evening and the sun was setting behind their backs before the two weary , footsore brothers were able to limp back to their barracks in Number Three Village with their joint quota fulfilled . |
| 18 | It would have been nice to be able to keep out of his way . |
| 19 | Pistoliers can also be useful in this role , as well as being able to ride up to your enemy and unload hard-hitting gunpowder weapons in his face . |
| 20 | Because that would mean that he would have been able to hold on to his job . |
| 21 | If the receiver succeeds in his plans to sell the company as a going concern then most of them might be able to hang on to their positions . |
| 22 | So it looks as if cameramen ( rather than the proposed cameramans ) will be able to get on with their work in the Gulf ; the beloved accent on abîme will not fall into the abyss ; and the whole affair will have been a non-événement . |
| 23 | Its status is such that those who work within this dominant tradition have generally felt able to get on with their work without having to reflect on its theoretical foundations . |
| 24 | We were able to get on with our routine work without too much drama unfolding around us , and we started to dream of what we would do when the war was over . |
| 25 | Whatever their opinion of him he was clearly in touch with other artists , as in April 1808 he complains bitterly of not being able to get on with his painting because of other artists coming to see his work . |
| 26 | The gardener had become a hermit because he could not abide fools ; but since the bear spoke scarcely three words in the course of the day , he was able to get on with his work without disturbance . |
| 27 | Often someone who wishes to use the toilet may not find it within easy reach or be able to get out of their chair in time . |
| 28 | This is probably your best choice where space is limited : you need a minimum of about 2.4m ( 8ft ) of space if you 're going to be able to get out of your car without being a contortionist . |
| 29 | Even moving from high to low cost areas can raise difficulties — employees may doubt that they will ever be able to move back to their home areas or other more expensive regions once they have committed themselves to living in a lower cost housing area . |
| 30 | It was all very well beating a man at his own game when she was standing free and able to lash out with her acid tongue . |