Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By straining my eyes , I thought I might be able to see Donegal across the bay . |
| 2 | I just did n't seem to be able to handle Eric on the telephone . |
| 3 | He was a poor man , by the Debraces ' standards , and he might never be able to keep Madeleine in the manner to which she was accustomed , let alone do so in the foreseeable future . |
| 4 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 5 | The report , by Marketing Magazine , found 79 per cent of viewers able to link Andrex with the child stranded as his pet steals the toilet roll . |
| 6 | He would have been able to tell Gould about the wealth of unusual birds around Adelaide , and persuade him of the necessity of collecting in the area . |
| 7 | Again , many scholars see the sole reason for Matthew placing Jesus in Egypt as that he is then able to show Jesus as the fulfilment of another Old Testament statement found in the book of the prophet Hosea : I called my son out of Egypt ( Hosea 11:1 ) . |
| 8 | Langston was finally able to pin MPTP as the culprit . |