Example sentences of "be [adj] to help [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're able to help him anyway . |
| 2 | You 're able to help him now are you ? |
| 3 | ‘ And you 're able to help them ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I hope you 're ready to help me , ’ she said . |
| 5 | You 've had to be like that all the time , otherwise you feel like you ai n't getting there , they 're getting the better of you , like … ’ cos you listen , do n't you , when you 've had the baby they are supposed to help you and advise you , so you take all their … but then you can only take so much , and you think these must be the mad ones , like . |
| 6 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 7 | I have tried all the leading suppliers of seat covers and they are unable to help me . |
| 8 | He might have been able to help him , but even if Ken had wanted to do it all without any assistance from his younger brother , he might at least have told him what he was doing . |
| 9 | ‘ If we 'd known , my father and I might have been able to help him ! |
| 10 | If they go away with a positive decision against starting up a tourism enterprise , Sue feels she has been able to help them avoid an expensive mistake . |
| 11 | This led the group to recall , towards the end of the meeting , how they , too , had got nowhere with work-refusing children while they constantly demanded better work from them ( thus identifying with Mr E as having known failure instead of contrasting their own better results with his , as they had done earlier ) but how they had been able to help them when they had worked on the relationship . |
| 12 | We 've found that we 've been able to help them er in various aspects of their life . |
| 13 | And I have n't even been able to help you regain your notes . ’ |
| 14 | It is you they need , and your skills they must be prepared to help you to adapt and improve . |
| 15 | We understand you knew Angy quite well and we thought you might be willing to help us . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Who should be free to help me with the food . |
| 17 | They 'll be delighted to help you . |
| 18 | ‘ And would n't you think just one person would be glad to help me ? ’ she wailed when Ellie asked what on earth was the matter . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm happy to help you , Anne , ’ said Gilbert . |
| 20 | Anyway , ’ she said challengingly , ‘ he thought you 'd be able to help him , perhaps he was wrong . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But Graham is so brave and full of life , you have to keep on believing that someone , somewhere will be able to help him . |
| 22 | ‘ At least three years too late to be able to help him . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure there are lots of ways you 'll be able to help them enjoy their holiday , ’ said Mummy . |
| 24 | In many of the prisons , CAB sessions are geared to deal with prisoners ' pre-release anxieties and to explain how the CAB on the outside will be able to help them when they are released . |
| 25 | We shall never be able to help them unless we get power . |
| 26 | If you would like details of your nearest local group so as to be able to help them in activities such as this or to write letters on the cases that they are campaigning on behalf please contact : |
| 27 | They turn up on church doorsteps in inner London hoping that the Church will be able to help them out in some way . |
| 28 | Attitudes are changing , partly because managers can see that without their involvement computer systems are unlikely to succeed , and because they believe that computer systems should be able to help them in their decision-making . |
| 29 | Thus if an expert and the parties are faced with an ambiguous or impossible procedure laid down by contract , the court may be able to help them work out what they are supposed to do . |
| 30 | What they 're actually asking for is that whether we would be able to help them by arranging for a loan on their behalf , they would service the debt at this time , so I might suggest chairman that we revert it to the finance committee for |