Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while , he was able to sit up in a chair , although he was still too weak to walk . |
| 2 | ‘ And would n't it be fun having three legs and being able to go round in a circle like the Isle of Man flag ? ’ |
| 3 | This Thursday evening at Exeter Hall in Kidlington , visitors will be able to go out on a demonstration with top traffic patrol drivers , and have their driving skills assessed by an advanced instructor . |
| 4 | You used to be able to go along to a pottery , say , and say , ‘ What was going on here at about eight o'clock this morning ? ’ … |
| 5 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 6 | It notes that if Intel Corp were able to come up with a way to drive 3.8m transistors without frying the chip to a frazzle , Pentium would look pretty good . |
| 7 | Now we will be able to come up with a plan in response to the many issues raised . |
| 8 | In 1982 the Institute of Hydrology carried out trials on the Trannon , and in 1986 was able to come up with a number of constructive lessons to be learned from this sorry story . |
| 9 | This channel might be solid state but the crunch sounds quite natural , and experimenting with the various options on both channels I ca n't imagine many players not being able to come up with a sound which meets their particular requirements . |
| 10 | Even in the ‘ settled ’ areas , where the US and the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control ( UNFDAC ) have been active , efforts to eradicate opium by crop substitution have run into trouble for one simple reason : in 30 years , no one has been able to come up with a product as lucrative and easy to market as opium . |
| 11 | Will you be able to come out for a drink on New Year 's Eve , next Tuesday evening ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Thoroughbreds will always be able to catch up in a race over a long distance . |
| 13 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps we 'll be able to start up in a shop again , like we did at Silmour Street . ’ |
| 15 | With that comparatively primitive system we were able to fly down to a height of 200 feet above the runway . |
| 16 | The intention is to design equipment so that when the maintenance engineer then calls he , or she , should be able to read off from a display on the machine which circuit board has failed and then simply slip in a replacement . |
| 17 | Interest waned in the afternoon , but with conditions still said to be ‘ squeezy , ’ the Treasury 11¾p.c. 2003–07 was able to hold on to a rise of £516 to £117⅝ on a yield of 9.13p.c . |
| 18 | What we should remember , however , is that workers have not always had the same kinds of experiences I have just described and have , consequently , been able to hold on to a sense of political relatedness between themselves as individuals and groups vis-à-vis society and the industrial enterprises within it . |
| 19 | He only knew that Liza was the most sexually exciting woman he had ever come across and that , should they meet again , neither would be able to hold back from a passion which was so powerful it could only lead to trouble , about which his wife might come to hear . |
| 20 | You would have to know my typewriter to appreciate fully the luxury of being able to hop about in a text making alterations , counting the words at a touch of a button and running off endless perfect copies . |
| 21 | People were seen queuing overnight outside travel agents to be able to cash in on a £20 holiday for four ! |
| 22 | He felt his way across the joists in front of him , got his legs free from the cupboard and was able to get up into a crouch , balancing on a joist , hands just above his head , holding on to rough , undressed wood . |
| 23 | to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out |
| 24 | They 're telling you like how much ho how to ge gauge how much money you 're gon na be able to take out on a mortgage |
| 25 | She 's dead , only she 'll be able to move around for a bit longer . |
| 26 | The postman was a tall , skinny man with near-white hair and a permanent stoop ; this brief caricature of an impression was all that Forester had been able to make out from a distance . |