Example sentences of "[be] able [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 " . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If Cuba fell , other Latin American countries would reject us , claiming that for all our might , the Soviet Union had n't been able to do anything for Cuba except to make empty protests to the United Nations ’ ( Khrushchev : 1970 , p. 493 ) . |
| 4 | No one had ever been able to knock her for six , and if this man affected her at all it was because she disliked him so much . |
| 5 | Since the debt is being traded at discounted rates on the secondary markets , Conservation International will be able to purchase it for about $1.8 million . |
| 6 | One of the factors that led me to sign up with the DIA was the idea that I might be able to do something for my friend Jerry Levin , who had been taken hostage in Beirut by Hezbollah , but as it happened he was released before I got out there . |
| 7 | I might be able to do something for you next year but there 's not much chance this year , I 'm afraid . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ I like to make people laugh and always wanted to be able to do something for elderly and lonely people . ’ |
| 9 | Which he may not be able to do anything for that week but it will ring a bell loud and clear the following weeks . |
| 10 | As far as East Germany is concerned , no doubt Western Germany will take care of that now , er who could or would be able to do it for Poland Czechoslovakia , Rumania and the Soviet Union , is very much more difficult to see , and of course , if the West were to rebuild all their , all their factories , er and they were all modern , and with their cheap labour force , they would then com , almost completely er destroy our industry I guess in competition so that we would have a , that would be another problem I guess . |
| 11 | He would not be able to hold them for long . |
| 12 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 13 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 14 | ‘ I might be able to see him for lunch in half an hour . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So I wo n't be able to see you for those two weeks . |
| 16 | And even if I did have and had a mustard seed here , you still would n't be able to see it for a mustard seed is no bigger than a pin head . |
| 17 | You 're resilient and intelligent enough to be able to see it for what it was . |
| 18 | ‘ We should be able to track him for about half a mile , but with all these buildings we 'll be lucky to get two hundred yards . |
| 19 | So if a member borrowed to buy a practice for £200,000 , he might now be able to sell it for only £50,000 . |
| 20 | He calculates the car will last two more years after which he thinks he will be able to sell it for £400 . |
| 21 | Besides , he 'd never be able to sustain it for more than a minute or two . |
| 22 | Your doctor will be able to refer you for treatment . |
| 23 | Privatization was to be accomplished by a mixed system of " named cheques " given to every Russian citizen , who would be able to redeem them for company shares of their choice , and by the handing over of 30 per cent of all shares in a privatised enterprise to the workforce . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Anna , determined not to be able to reproach herself for not trying , took on the women and children . |
| 27 | She did n't think she would ever be able to forgive him for keeping that information from her . |
| 28 | She also said that when my tooth catches fire again , which it will , I wo n't be able to save it for love or money . |
| 29 | If it does n't work out , no-one including yourself will be able to blame you for the breakdown of your marriage . |
| 30 | If it does n't work out , no one including yourself will be able to blame you for the breakdown of your marriage . |