Example sentences of "[noun] i have [be] able [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the general run of life in a river this may be very true , but many times I have been able to take barbel and chub from the same swim simply by altering the depth at which my bait is fishing . |
| 2 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 3 | During the previous six months I had been able to keep a more watchful eye on the whereabouts of the elusive Charlie , thanks to the help of a young officer Daphne had introduced me to who worked in the War Office . |
| 4 | And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right . |
| 5 | Before returning from England I had been able to recruit a very competent English journalist , F.W. Benton , who soon improved the quality of our English daily . |
| 6 | up to a point I have been able to illustrate this theme by drawing attention to contrasts which are likely to be familiar to all my readers , e.g. the difference in modern Western societies between monetary and non-monetary exchanges . |
| 7 | Sadly , the only conclusion I 've been able to arrive at since Mr Lamont did his bit , is that the sooner I become a recluse with a string of racehorses the better and that ca n't be right . |
| 8 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
| 9 | Over the years I have been able to spend many hours with individual singers . |
| 10 | Generally my fish are too healthy to require treatment , but in the last few years I have been able to buy fish as they arrive in the country ( usually via the large fish shows . ) |
| 11 | ‘ I am really pleased that over the last three years I have been able to show that part-time working can work without any difficulty . |
| 12 | One afternoon we had been taken for a walk up to the top of the mountain behind the camp , which had been good exercise ; from the top I had been able to see the sea . |
| 13 | One or two of these names I have been able to trace such as that used in the Miller family of Upper Halling . |
| 14 | It 's the first time in all my life I 've been able to see the back of my nails from the palms of my hands . ’ |
| 15 | But before I take the first step out of here , I think I 'll feel pretty good about the knowledge and inquisitive spirit I 've been able to share and the doors I 've helped open . |
| 16 | I have studied various maps of the county and a number of documents without being able to pin-point the location of this manor , but will try to place it by the clues I have been able to deduce . |
| 17 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 18 | Since completing this book I have been able to obtain a cutting of rue and test its effect on my own cat . |
| 19 | Over New Year I had been able to escape a constant anxiety that time was running out . |
| 20 | I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there . |
| 21 | The assumption behind this critical selectiveness is confirmed by the one exception I have been able to find , in a brief , perverse and witty account of the English novel composed by Ford Madox Ford for American students . |
| 22 | My previous relationships have all been with women I 've been able to like and respect at the same time as I 've desired them . ’ |
| 23 | In the meantime I 've been able to complete the document and have pleasure in enclosing copy for your interest . |
| 24 | On various occasions I have been able to exploit pupils ' own interests for mathematical ends , however transient the interest might have seemed . |
| 25 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |
| 26 | It was the first time I had been able to attend a pub meet at this particular hostelry , and I thought it was very nice , full of young people without being a noisy ‘ fun pub ’ . |
| 27 | Second time I 've been able to smell that . |
| 28 | The amount of time I have been able to spend detecting has been hampered , unfortunately , by several setbacks . |
| 29 | When I retired four years ago , I decided I would like to help and encourage other people to paint , and hopefully get as much pleasure form the hobby as I do , and since that time I have been able to meet up with groups of friends and pass on to them the knowledge I have gained through the pages of your magazine . |
| 30 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |