Example sentences of "able to get [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The light from that window would n't be able to get across the room . |
| 2 | being able to get to a room where there is a bath/shower , toilet and wash basin and be able to use them , |
| 3 | and they 're , the cupboard is far back enough for me to be able to get to the top , even though there 's only a doorway there |
| 4 | So I 'm not gon na be able to get to the building society until Wednesday . |
| 5 | My mate who is driving me to the match tomorrow says he wants to go straight to the ground so I wo n't be able to get to the Adelphi . |
| 6 | ‘ If you start out now , ’ said Grimma , ‘ you should all be able to get to the barn , even through what 's left of the snow . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , I was only able to get to the Newbury Rally for one day this year . |
| 8 | ‘ Everyone who believes that we are what we eat will be able to get to the root of what that really means , ’ declares Francesca . |
| 9 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 10 | Historians are rarely able to get to the truth of the matter in this way , but family stories often suggest that drunkenness was the reason for an otherwise inexplicable decline , not just in the Tudor and Stuart era but in much later times . |
| 11 | You 'll have no seed left before you 're able to get to the shops to buy more . |
| 12 | She would never be able to get on a bicycle , she could n't possibly , she 'd fall off , and make a spectacle of herself . |
| 13 | The loss ( i. e. the amount to be deducted ) is the difference between the price the buyer had agreed to pay and the lower price which the seller is able to get on a re-sale elsewhere . |
| 14 | A basic attitude of empathy ( a ) to appreciate the power and attractiveness of religion and be able to get on the wavelength of religious people ; ( b ) to be aware in a meaningful way of the kind of experiences and arguments upon which religious people base their convictions ; ( c ) to learn fluency in the language of affirmation , both of others as people and of what is meaningful and important to them . |
| 15 | I 'd be able to get on the horse but I 'd be ruled out of the Olympics because betablockers are banned . |
| 16 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 17 | You have to agree to keep up payments for ten years and normally will not be able to get at the cash in the meantime . |
| 18 | ‘ And another thing , she wo n't be able to get into a home here . |
| 19 | being able to get into a living room , or main family room , |
| 20 | being able to get into a room that can be used as a bedroom , either upstairs or downstairs , |
| 21 | that at people being able to get into a car and never driven before and be allowed out onto a highway ! |
| 22 | MALCOLM ALLEN , who has not been able to get into the Norwich first team this season , showed that Wales ' absentee forwards , Ian Rush and Mark Hughes , had better beware of him . |
| 23 | Cable & Wireless Plc is exploiting its Global Digital Highway with a new Global Managed Data Service to provide data communications service in 15 countries , reaching over 100 cities in North America , Europe and Asia Pacific ; another 50 countries around the world will be able to get into the system via the local public data network , the firm said . |
| 24 | You need to be able to get into the turn quickly and accurately , and to be flying within a few knots of the pre-stall buffet . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've also seen quite a difference in our seed rate trials , with the lower rates giving a better pod set , possibly because bees have been able to get into the crop . ’ |
| 26 | If the patient makes good progress physically , with good recovery of balance in sitting and then standing , he may be able to get into the bath . |
| 27 | Most of all she did n't like being too far from town to join a Brownie Guide Pack — and even now , when she looked like being able to get into the town , she could n't join the Brownie Pack ! |
| 28 | ‘ It has been a difficult year because I have n't been able to get into the side . ’ |
| 29 | These days it is imperative — if you want success , anyway — to be able to get about the field and give and take a pass nearly as well as a back . |
| 30 | ‘ We can drag that underneath the window and then I 'll be able to get through the window . ’ |