Example sentences of "able [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just being able to enjoy it more instead of being scared and worrying when people were going to find out . |
| 2 | My aggressiveness towards the adults around me for putting me in such an invidious position was certainly unacknowledged and unconscious , and had my sisters not told me of my bullying tactics — which I had conveniently forgotten — it is likely that I should not be able to acknowledge it even now . |
| 3 | He should have been able to see it sooner , see it instantly . |
| 4 | Its very 'cause I know it is when I was there oh I will be able to see it once or twice more in my life and that 's it |
| 5 | Without even really thinking about it , she pretended to trip , staggered in her direction , deliberately lost her balance , and managed to lob the leprechaun into a clump of grass where the little girl would be able to find it easily . |
| 6 | If you only have a very limited amount of clerical back-up at least see that this is devoted to taking away the paper and putting it where you will be able to find it again if necessary . |
| 7 | We lived for a year in a cottage attached to a remote farm — so remote that I have never been able to find it again . |
| 8 | I would not be able to find it again . |
| 9 | You were able to find it more easily were n't you ? |
| 10 | And without language we would not be able to conceive it either . |
| 11 | The First World War provided a similar test and again only the Labour and Unionist parties were able to meet it squarely , but the battles of 1912 and 1913 had given advance warning of what was to come . |
| 12 | People wo n't be able to accept it more |
| 13 | In three respects at least D. H. Lawrence 's attitude to homosexuality was typical : first , he seems to have been able to accept it only in an idealized and spiritual form ; as Paul Delany puts it , he wanted not a lover but a spiritual brother . |
| 14 | The Government 's first intention was to expand radio so that everyone would be able to receive it easily . |
| 15 | ‘ I was able to sell it again , too , with a renewed frill round the edge . |
| 16 | I have , in part answered the question , ‘ why the body ? ’ and I hope to be able to answer it more fully by using a different approach . |
| 17 | The program is menu driven but one of the best features is the ability to input new data at practically any stage , i.e. if you are entering an invoice and the product does not exist you are able to create it there and then without exiting to the previous menus . |
| 18 | It is much better to admit defeat and carefully transport your design to an expert , rather than spoil it by not being able to frame it properly . |
| 19 | Bill should be home soon , and he 'll be able to hear it too . ’ |
| 20 | Hearing his voice just behind her shoulder , she whirled round , her heart beating so loudly in her ears she felt sure he must be able to hear it too . |
| 21 | ‘ Trousers are far handier , ’ he was able to smile it aside . |
| 22 | but ever since I 've never been able to handle it like I drink , sort of shove a few |
| 23 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 24 | The manufacturer who quickly and generously replaced the kit was able to identify it as three years old , and quite useless . |
| 25 | The half-erased graffiti on the silver train she did notice , without being able to identify it as man-made . |
| 26 | I hope to be able to discuss it further with him in the not-too-distant future . |
| 27 | The organisation is therefore a ‘ monster ’ which operates of its own accord , with neither senior nor junior managers able to manage it effectively . |
| 28 | Those theorists trying to repair the weak interaction should be able to fix it so that the right-handed tau neutrino is much less likely to interact with other matter than the left-handed one is , and thus stays aloof during the big bang . |
| 29 | I thought you 'd be able to put it right for us . ’ |
| 30 | I happened to be able to put it together again , it was n't too difficult , and er so I got the job of being clerk-cum-what-have-you . |