Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particular person had found the shock so great that she had not been able to acknowledge it at all except by taking this evading action . |
| 2 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 3 | Thomas was signed from Spurs last year for £500,000 , but has not been able to establish himself at Upton Park . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Or you 're likely not to be able to do anything at all . |
| 6 | To everyone — may I wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year , and hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us at our annual conference , 3rd–6th June 1993 at the Peebles Hotel Hydro , Peebles , Scotland . |
| 7 | ‘ Shall I be able to reach you at 1027 , Westminster Drive ? ’ she asked . |
| 8 | The seat covers go very well with the other colours in this room , and the width of the chairs is exactly right to be able to use one at my desk . |
| 9 | It 's on the theme of families and you 'll be able to use it at Pack meetings . |
| 10 | ‘ There is n't a man in Britain who would be able to touch him at lightweight or light middleweight , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Once you 're married , you 'll be able to have her at your beck and call twenty-four hours a day . ’ |
| 12 | Well if you have bacon now you wo n't be able to have it at the weekend . |
| 13 | You will be able to study them at length and note at what depth they are feeding . |
| 14 | Yeah because I 'm doing second year abnormal from two til three so you might be able to catch me at three |
| 15 | Sandison wondered what Elsie would be wearing , whether he would be able to recognise her at all . |
| 16 | In the words of a single 19-year-old trainee pilot : ‘ In an ideal world you 'd be able to meet someone at a bus-stop , go for a drink , take them home and bonk their brains out — and then go home to your girlfriend for dinner . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well I 've read a bit of it , mainly in order to be able to quote it at Communist opponents , who 've never read it . ’ |
| 18 | I hope that the Minister will be able to tell us at whose discretion all the information is passed on — mainly with a view to protecting the officer concerned , if any risk is posed to him , but also with a view to protecting the individual from being treated in a different way by that officer . |
| 19 | He signalled to the waitress , then said : ‘ If you change your mind we might be able to get something at the airport . ’ |
| 20 | You 'll cope with it but you 've got ta buy , your moonboots we should be able to get the market Jill said around , I mean we can get them in cash and carry for nine ninety nine but we should be able to get them at Blackbushe market for five to six ninety nine . |
| 21 | I would very much like CPRW to join , not because it might lead to an international jolly ( some hope ! ) , but because I think it would be a feather in CPRW 's cap , we will benefit from their advice and information , and we will be able to contribute something at a UK level . |
| 22 | It is more difficult to know whether an animal goes through the experience of at one moment not being able to see a food item , but then being able to see it at the next . |
| 23 | he was surprised at himself , at first , for feeling grateful , for being able to feel anything at all . |
| 24 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
| 25 | The enzymes are specialized proteins which enable the body to carry out at body heat and atmospheric pressure complex reactions which , if man were able to reproduce them at all , would require high temperatures and high pressures to accomplish . |
| 26 | I was able to accommodate him at each time , you follow what I mean . |
| 27 | She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | No one was able to give us at that time the valuable advice which I only picked up years later , namely that the great danger in cholera was dehydration , necessitating that the sufferer be given frequent drinks of cold water previously boiled . |
| 30 | Using my 7 × 50 binoculars I was able to locate it at once , though I would not have had the slightest hope of finding it had I not been told exactly where it was . |