Example sentences of "able [to-vb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat in the dining-room , able to enjoy a few biscuits and fruit rather than the ‘ gargantuan midday meal which was hitherto compulsory ’ . |
| 2 | Betty and George had both worked and were able to enjoy a few years of their retirement together before he had a major stroke . |
| 3 | Luckily Joseph was able to grease a few palms , thus helping his brother to escape . |
| 4 | I might be able to answer a few more of your questions . |
| 5 | What you want is to be able to answer a few sensible questions uniquely identifying you , the trouble is there 's probably a repertoire of only ten of those questions , you 're going to get asked three or four of them , but those questions , your date of birth , your telephone number , the er address of your bank and so on and so forth , if you 're a private detective you can get those , you can have them on a sheet of paper and you can pretend to be whoever you like . |
| 6 | We pared costs by doing our own sweeping , cleaning and polishing , and we were able to purchase a few new 78rpm records each week . |
| 7 | Living in both Manchester and Leeds , I am in the position to be able to put a few things straight . |
| 8 | When Bonington returns from his expedition to Panch Chuli , reads the contents of the notebook and sees the photographs he may be able to give a few more clues , but it is unlikely we will ever know what really happened . |
| 9 | Stiff Little Fingers was my life when I was younger and I jumped at the idea of being able to do a few gigs without spending months away from home and having to worry about recording a new album as soon as we finished . |
| 10 | She has only been able to distribute a few as yet , but they know that they 're there and are overjoyed at the prospect of getting them . |
| 11 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 12 | Once he is able to execute a few of them , he tests them on a punching-bag , which will give him an indication of the impact power each technique possesses . |
| 13 | Second , if the Liberals and Social Democrats had been able to squeeze a few more votes from Labour supporters , then it could well have been the Labour Party that finished up with just a few seats in parliament out of all proportion to votes cast . |
| 14 | Therefore , the costs of each program as mentioned in the reviews is not entirely accurate as users may be able to add a few more files to the disk to fill it up . |
| 15 | But by researching we are able to uncover a few of our early inhabitants . |
| 16 | Twenty years of doing ads we 're be able to have a few . |
| 17 | So she 'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman . |
| 18 | Three weeks earlier they had flown out to Rome where they had been able to spend a few days as guests of the staff and students at the Venerable English College before setting out from St Peter 's Square on Wednesday , 30th September to cycle more than 1,700 miles across Italy , Switzerland and France , then up through England . |
| 19 | At the beginning of March his wife drove him to Regents Park , and he was able to take a few steps in the spring sunshine . |
| 20 | Thus Lizzie F. was able to take a few years out of work to nurse her mother , an auctioneer 's widow , before returning to work after her mother 's death . |
| 21 | I am delighted to be asked to deliver Lynda 's speech to such a large body of people committed to helping the disadvantaged and to be able to say a few words about how government is meeting the challenges that it faces in the developing world . |
| 22 | However , because the management were helpful and co-operative we were able to make a few adjustments . |