Example sentences of "[be] able [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone who may be able to lead me right to the heart of the operation , ’ he said softly . |
| 2 | I realized my mistake ; he 'd remember such generosity , and his boy would be able to describe me . |
| 3 | You 'll be able to shoot me ! |
| 4 | I hope that , before 10 o'clock , my hon. Friends on the Front Bench will be able to assure me specifically that what my hon. Friend the Minister of State said in his letter to Dr. Morris would allow local education authorities , if approached by parents or friends of the school , to go into the school to deal with any one of the specific points that I have raised . |
| 5 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
| 6 | But if I can just go back to where we were talking earlier erm and I asked you about anybody that you may be able to refer me on |
| 7 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
| 8 | There 's a couple of friends I know who might be able to give me a bed for the night . |
| 9 | difficult question , but you might be able to give me an example of one aha |
| 10 | He wanted to be able to give me fifty pounds , and he was suffering from a deep sense of inadequacy because he could n't have given me five . |
| 11 | I do n't expect you to be able to give me all the time in the world : that would be unreasonable . ’ |
| 12 | In so doing , they will increase our chairman 's profit margin and this in turn means he will be able to give me a three-figure budget with which to entice quality players . |
| 13 | ‘ Back home , I hoped the midwife would be able to give me some advice . |
| 14 | ’ I am writing in the hope that you may be able to give me some positive information regarding the money I am supposed to live on . |
| 15 | I fancy you would not be able to give me any more precise an answer than one you 've just given , is n't that right ? |
| 16 | I hope the Noble Earl will be able to give me an answer in perhaps in correspondence following this , also the date upon which at they were informed , because I am sure he will realise the implications as far as the rest of the British Police Service are concerned that as from April of this year they will have to take on a heavy burden of work which is now being carried out by the British Transport Police . |
| 17 | Well Siobhan might be able to give me a lift , me and |
| 18 | Then I 'm getting out , and you wo n't be able to stop me ! ’ |
| 19 | Chairman you 've got to allow me because by the time I 've finished you wo n't be able to stop me , er , but I mean if there 's a lot of money floating about in this area then I think that er , some committee or other should be looking at the the refurbishment of the courts in Devizes which are a disgrace , and partly the fault of this council when th they were allowed to get into such a state , and I mean at some stage or other , something or else is gon na to have to happen to them and I would hope that the magistrates in their wisdom in some committee or other are , are deciding to take these courts back into use . |
| 20 | She wo n't be able to kill me . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you think you 'll ever be able to forgive me ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Did Sally say you might be able to squeeze me into your car ? ’ she asked , fluttering her eyelashes . |
| 23 | ‘ He wo n't be able to pressurise me , Mr Clarke . |
| 24 | He would not be able to drive me around , not this time . |
| 25 | Somehow I must get up the Library steps , for if I can get in there before they reach me , they wo n't be able to duff me in . |
| 26 | You must be able to feel me stirring inside you ! ’ |
| 27 | We were to meet him at the airport , and when we were making all the arrangements with him on the phone , he said , ‘ Are you sure you 'll be able to recognize me ? ’ |
| 28 | It was good to see a reference in your magazine to valve amplification ( EW + WW August 1991 ) , but I still have a certain frustration that you may be able to help me with . |
| 29 | Edinburgh friends who knew him from his Islay childhood thought that he might be able to help me . |
| 30 | I hope that he will be able to help me with my papers . |