Example sentences of "i [be] able [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't apologise ; I think that is fantastic and I hope — I pray — I am able to enjoy a similar style of retirement . |
| 2 | If I am able to offer a small flicker of light , that will give me great joy ! |
| 3 | And , and because of this and my old hits , er I am able to have a big following , and to perform |
| 4 | When I was eighteen I had the very good fortune , think it was a miracle really , that I was able to join a local women 's group in Stratford in East London . |
| 5 | Her husband kindly returned them to me , and I was able to do a great deal of destruction for myself . |
| 6 | Having a bit of a rest in the winter , I was able to relax a little bit more , so I think I came over a lot fresher than I normally do for the start of the season . |
| 7 | On my shirt Harvey had arranged that I wore the word ‘ observer ’ , which meant I was able to remember a prior appointment when the going got rough . |
| 8 | The Guggenheim installation worked well for me too because I was able to use a strict chronology : one thing after another all the way down the ramp . |
| 9 | I was able to buy a small car in which to make the fifteen-minute drive to the campus each day . |
| 10 | I was able to buy a second-hand machine with an electric motor at a charity shop a few months ago . |
| 11 | When I married , I was able to get a good job and a house for my family . |
| 12 | When the votes of thanks and other formalities were over , I was able to have a brief word with him as he emerged into the vestibule . |
| 13 | When I was in Ulm , where the season ran only from September to April , I was able to travel a great deal ; and then I went to Milan to hear real Italian singing . |
| 14 | Well , he sent me quite a series of postcards , and from them I was able to reconstruct a typical street corner . |