Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall only be able to weep for him at night , after Enid has fallen asleep . |
| 2 | ( Someone suffering property damage not exceeding £275 may , of course , be able to claim for it in negligence or under the implied terms in the Sale of Goods Act ) . |
| 3 | Most commonly , tales are told of mermaids who fall in love with mortal men and painfully shed their tail in order to be able to live with them on land . |
| 4 | We had to be able to invoice in a local currency and yet be able to account for it in sterling . ’ |
| 5 | Eddie Gilfoyle allegedly said that mum-to-be Paula was leaving him but his workmates were still able to speak to her at home and see her in the area . |
| 6 | That means we are looking at having to dispose of around two and a half million tons of wet sewage every year by the end of the century , and the law says that we will not be able to dispose of it at sea . ’ |
| 7 | In Susanna Jennens Leapor would have found a woman able to fend for herself in adversity . |