Example sentences of "was able [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their father was one of the first beneficiaries , and the whole family was able to gather at his 100th birthday party . |
| 2 | Gaddis was able to return with his gashed head bandaged and Dent 's replacement , young wing forward John Hall , had a fine game . |
| 3 | In September 1944 he was able to return to his academic duties , but soon after the war ended he was stricken by chronic illness and did relatively little research thereafter . |
| 4 | After two months Esther was allowed home for weekend , so she was able to join in her normal family life , particularly celebrating the Sabbath . |
| 5 | Soon after this , Margery ‘ became calmed in her wits and reason , as well as ever she was before ’ , and was able to cope with her usual occupations , ‘ wisely and soberly enough ’ . |
| 6 | That is why the industry was able to cope with its highest work load ever in real terms , and did not suffer the labour shortages experienced in the 1960s . |
| 7 | In his choice of contributor Lehmann was able to draw upon his wide-ranging contacts , for he had lived for a period in Vienna and had also travelled Europe in search of material . |
| 8 | I have been a lifelong Labour supporter , but I have to say that under the present Government I was able to save in my last years at work without seeing my savings disappear in inflation . |
| 9 | So Ruth , she 's been led to one who was able to restore to her all that Elimelech had lost when he left Bethlehem . |
| 10 | There he was able to indulge in his favourite recreation , fishing for salmon in the waters of the Wye . |
| 11 | Once I was able to escape from my orange box and ferret around among the other barrows , I quickly discovered that he was reckoned by the locals to be the finest trader in the East End . |
| 12 | ‘ When I think , ’ he said happily , ‘ that I , Pumblechook , was able to help in my small way , by taking you to play at Miss — ’ |
| 13 | This being so , Basil 's work amongst teachers extended well beyond the technical and creative considerations of teaching Art : to influencing and deepening the quality of personal relationships amongst those around him , especially through the warm human atmosphere he was able to imbue into his own , uniquely directed , residential courses . |
| 14 | In this way , Germany in 1914 was able to throw into her initial onslaughts far greater numbers of trained fighting men than the Allies had thought possible . |
| 15 | Although he was never able , despite his ‘ utmost endeavours ’ , to find the actual nest and eggs of the satin bower-birds , the new light he was able to throw on their bower-building habits caused a considerable stir back in England . |
| 16 | Let the Staff College student consider how Harris was able to conjure from his original strength of 374 front line aircraft , and in a few months have some 1,047 aircraft set course for Koln in order to devastate 600 acres of the city ( plus the admirals and generals in Whitehall ) . |
| 17 | The sparkle was back in Diana 's eyes as she was able to concentrate on her favourite issues — visiting children , the sick and the elderly . |
| 18 | When , calmer , he went to her room , Katelina was awake , and he was able to expend on her all that Diniz thought he was capable of . |
| 19 | Those sessions nearly wrecked my hearing for life , but they made me laugh so much and took up so much of my off-duty that , as time went by , sometimes , just sometimes , I was able to laugh at my one-time passion for Bill . |