Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the words of a single 19-year-old trainee pilot : ‘ In an ideal world you 'd be able to meet someone at a bus-stop , go for a drink , take them home and bonk their brains out — and then go home to your girlfriend for dinner . ’ |
| 2 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 3 | She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison . |
| 4 | Well if you have bacon now you wo n't be able to have it at the weekend . |
| 5 | He signalled to the waitress , then said : ‘ If you change your mind we might be able to get something at the airport . ’ |
| 6 | But I found it too embarrassing to keep suggesting to a fellow professional that he should take time off from his own work to accompany me to functions where he was not able to join me at the dinner table when he got there . |