Example sentences of "[adv] [be] able [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fancy you would not be able to give me any more precise an answer than one you 've just given , is n't that right ? |
| 2 | He would not be able to drive me around , not this time . |
| 3 | ‘ They will not be able to get me out ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think you 'll ever be able to forgive me ? ’ |
| 5 | She wo n't be able to kill me . |
| 6 | ‘ He wo n't be able to pressurise me , Mr Clarke . |
| 7 | Then I 'm getting out , and you wo n't be able to stop me ! ’ |
| 8 | Chairman you 've got to allow me because by the time I 've finished you wo n't be able to stop me , er , but I mean if there 's a lot of money floating about in this area then I think that er , some committee or other should be looking at the the refurbishment of the courts in Devizes which are a disgrace , and partly the fault of this council when th they were allowed to get into such a state , and I mean at some stage or other , something or else is gon na to have to happen to them and I would hope that the magistrates in their wisdom in some committee or other are , are deciding to take these courts back into use . |
| 9 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
| 10 | ‘ You wo n't be able to help me again , ’ Dad said . |
| 11 | ‘ I do hope you 're not working up to telling me that you wo n't be able to pay me what I 'm due ? |
| 12 | ‘ You wo n't be able to tell me the height of the Sistine Chapel ? ’ |
| 13 | I used to be scared of the possibility that one day mum would n't be able to get me up . |
| 14 | And if she comes back to the house , she wo n't be able to find me , so I got to stay there . |
| 15 | I 'll book into a hotel , and make sure that whoever sent that poison pen letter wo n't be able to find me . ’ |
| 16 | Somehow I must get up the Library steps , for if I can get in there before they reach me , they wo n't be able to duff me in . |