Example sentences of "able [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to avoid it , however , he faced O'Rourke in New Orleans where it became apparent that the Irishman had no idea of fighting ; Burke was able to hit him at will . |
| 2 | But if the valuer is negligent and you buy the property relying on his report , you may still be able to sue him for damages . |
| 3 | If he himself has not paid for them then the person who sold him the goods will be able to sue him for the price but will have lost any chance of recovering the goods . |
| 4 | It would mean returning to Wellington with a broken heart , and despite their short acquaintance she already knew it would be a long time before she would be able to evict him from her thoughts . |
| 5 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
| 6 | You 'll be able to borrow it from the office downstairs and view it in the library . |
| 7 | So with Amyas 's long , damp fingers pressed against her eyes , Jennifer was led stumbling into the passage , and on the way up to the house Sir Gregory tried to think how he was going to pacify his wife , who had never been able to forgive him for his infidelity and who had always resented the presence of his bastard 's daughter under her roof when she came to hear Mass . |
| 8 | She did n't think she would ever be able to forgive him for keeping that information from her . |
| 9 | I was more able to forgive her for past hurts because , as Nancy Friday says , I needed to do so . |
| 10 | Roger Martyn , churchwarden of Long Melford in Suffolk , for example , kept the reredos , organ , clocks , and bells of Holy Trinity Church in his own home , in the hope that his heirs would be able to restore them to the church sometime in the future . |
| 11 | Marshalls were happily able to restore it to its owner after the race in perfect health . |
| 12 | Everything that had been lost he was able to restore it to Ruth . |
| 13 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |
| 14 | He had never been able to lose himself in a crowd , or dash off somewhere suddenly on a whim . |
| 15 | ‘ I very much wanted to be a character actress , to be able to lose myself in various parts . |
| 16 | She could have wished it otherwise — then she might have been able to lose herself in the crowd . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I suppose one hopes the day will come when he will be so old his urges and fantasies will leave him and he will be able to conduct himself without these things having the effect they do . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know if I 'll be able to swing it in India , it depends on the pitches and conditions , but as the Indians ' attack looks to be mainly swing and seam , it could happen . |
| 19 | Most importantly , when you meet work colleagues and friends , your springy step must be able to bluff them into believing that you could have managed two laps of the course . |
| 20 | She wished that she had been able to spot him in the crowd . |
| 21 | Erm the geometry one that we did n't look at , you might be able to spot it in minutes , |
| 22 | It was during this time that James was able to reacquaint himself with another old school chum , Malcolm Nurse . |
| 23 | My apologies for not being able to include you in our pilot . |
| 24 | Paul reminded Timothy " how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus " . |
| 25 | One of his discoveries was originally thought by some to be wrong as no one was able to replicate it for nearly two years ; however , Fleischmann was eventually proved to be correct . |
| 26 | And you 've got to be able to enjoy something with a bit of speed , excitement and controlled danger . ’ |
| 27 | Besides , he 'd never be able to sustain it for more than a minute or two . |
| 28 | Also a good pointer where we 've been able to compare ourselves with civil engineering scaled fees , which was on the Overtown Bank Slip which was a job which went completely right , perfect no problems . |
| 29 | And oh , we loved the intimacy of having them so close , close enough that when I rode my bicycle for ‘ Committee ’ through the ‘ vomitarium ’ separating one wedge of audience from the next I was able to steady myself by grasping the leg of a gentleman who had stretched it over the side . |
| 30 | Both arms plunged down into the water , but she was able to steady herself by pressing her hands on the stony bed . |