Example sentences of "were able [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Junkers , by leading the German unification , were able to enshrine their own position . |
| 2 | It seems that the listeners , both black and white , were able to home in on some as yet unidentified aspect of the phonology of these two adolescent boys which identified them as black . |
| 3 | By contrast , the young ones were able to interest old people in the workings of microwave ovens ; after cooking lessons from the young six or seven old people went out and bought them ! |
| 4 | From there the road was downhill , so we were able to coast noiselessly down into the sleeping suburbs , then dismount and push the bike into the city centre . |
| 5 | But some forest landowners were able from time to time to obtain from the Crown a grant of partial exemption from this supervision . |
| 6 | They achieved this by combining two different methods : a longitudinal study , following the same children for four years from before they were able in read until they had been at school for two or three years ; and a training programme that looked at the effect of giving pre-school children specific training in categorising sounds . |