Example sentences of "was able [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the size of the vehicle saved Mr Collier , who was able to cling to the steering wheel to prevent the water submerging him . |
| 2 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |
| 3 | The consequence of this decline was that the government was able to say by the autumn of 1986 that the behaviour of M3 was no longer a reliable guide to monetary conditions and monetary targets were dropped in favour of discretionary interpretations of several ‘ indicators ’ including the exchange rate and the growth of nominal income itself . |
| 4 | And though Walker was able to call upon the versatility of substitute Rob Newman , City were still reorganising when Ipswich snatched the lead six minutes into the second half . |
| 5 | Fortunately , the underground telephone system was undamaged and Andrew Houston was able to report to the surface on their circumstances and the results of the search . |
| 6 | On 24 November the lawyers replied ‘ respectfully to state our opinion that Your Majesty may properly grant a Royal Charter ’ , but it was not until 14 February 1844 that Thomas Turner was able to report to the standing committee of veterinary surgeons that their determined efforts had been rewarded and that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons had been incorporated . |
| 7 | The regional administrator was able to report to the RHA at the end of the consultation period in November 1982 that ‘ there had not been much opposition to the proposed closures ’ . |
| 8 | The policy of restraint upon development declared by county and district councils in their local plans was one of the best pieces of news he was able to report to the meeting . |
| 9 | Just as before , I had spent the intervening three months ‘ supporting ’ myself and this time I was so confident I was able to march into the hospital and into the consulting room certain that whatever I had or had had I was now on top of it . |
| 10 | All she was able to see from the back of the truck was the rounded outlines of scattered Nissen huts and , on the dark horizon , tall , wedge-shaped buildings hung with dim blue lights . |
| 11 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 12 | Hendry was nowhere near his best in the afternoon session but with Wattana , who beat Jimmy White in the semi-finals also making mistakes , Hendry was able to go into the interval with a narrow 4-3 lead . |
| 13 | Taking a firm stand against her own silliness definitely helped , and she was able to return to the veranda holding the kit in steady hands and wearing a cheerful smile . |
| 14 | Roy Hattersley knew that Neil Kinnock , from his starting point on Labour 's left , was able to take on the ultra-left in a way he never could have done . |
| 15 | When she got married she was able to take on the job of rewiring her house . |
| 16 | Sylvia was able to take from the cupboard only those items she could reach while standing in the hall itself . |
| 17 | After a few days of the Novotel , I was able to move to the Trianon , a magnificent Edwardian building , well placed right on the edge of the park . |
| 18 | On the plane I was able to reflect on the trip . |
| 19 | The higher order of passenger was able to arrive at the station shortly before the departure of the train and proceed directly to accommodation on it . |
| 20 | Yet , was this child lucky that she was able to cope with the technique known as ‘ Natural Aurilism ‘ ? |
| 21 | So inviting was the gap created that the loose forward was able to score at the back of the posts , leaving Maskill with another simple kick . |
| 22 | ‘ One of our pilots , Bill Topper , who I am glad to see is with us today , took part in this raid tells how he was able to listen to the crew of a Lancaster chatting away on their intercom as the RT transmit button was down , I understand their conversation not only included details of their local pub , but the name of the target ahead . |
| 23 | ‘ We achieved the objective through the perseverence of our trained negotiator who was able to talk to the man through a telephone communication which we had set up . ’ |
| 24 | That evening she still was n't feeling too great , but nevertheless was able to talk about the television she 'd missed , the programmes she 'd missed on telly . |
| 25 | Gerald became so successful in farming and property that he was able to retire at the age of forty . |
| 26 | I was able to sit in the cockpit of many aircraft including the phantom , tornado , mig 21 , Hercules and buccaneer . |
| 27 | In addition , the Commission was able to draw on the experience of its membership , which included a current Director of cathedral music , three former cathedral organists and the Head Master of a choir school . |
| 28 | Regular stars of the contest , Alan Crossthwaite and Tony Dance , both fought hard in the singles final , but it was Alan who was able to draw on the experience of his many double successes to come out on top . |
| 29 | Lyell was able to draw upon the work of the elder de Candolle , who had recognized that the old idea of a stable ‘ balance of Nature ’ was no longer tenable . |
| 30 | If anything , however , these developments had an opposite effect , for the Eastern District was able to argue with the Ministry of Education that the withdrawal of resident tutors , far from calling tutor-organisers into question , made their appointment even more necessary than before . |