Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The cards are being sent to the Welsh Office for Mr Redwood 's attention in batches as we are able to sort them out into community areas , ’ said campaign secretary Bryn Williams-Jones . |
| 2 | Most of us have these harmless ‘ floaters ’ and are able to put them out of our minds . |
| 3 | You may have the rest that you covet as soon as I am able to make it over to you . ’ |
| 4 | Well we 've fortunately been able to track them down to the waxes which er occur on land so what we 're seeing here is a , an input from the land carried on the dusts which are blown in the winds from the Sahara and other regions out into the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 5 | For those leaving , we believe we have offered good separation terms , and we have , in many cases , been able to back them up with independent , professional job-counselling . |
| 6 | You told her you had n't been able to get her out of your mind and begged for another chance . |
| 7 | Nothing had ever been able to keep her down for long — another advantage of her Arian birth-sign , her mother would have insisted . |
| 8 | I might have been able to pay you off within six months ! ’ |
| 9 | If he 'd just been trying to clear the hell out , then it meant there were probably other FAKINTIL escapers at large who had n't been able to make it back to the mountains either . |
| 10 | A year ago she 'd have been able to race him out to the ketch , maybe even climbed on deck and dived off … |
| 11 | He had assured her he would be able to lead her out of the forest , but so far they seemed only to have become tangled further in its mazy pathways . |
| 12 | I sipped cocoa , and wondered how and when I would be able to turn him out into the night again . |
| 13 | I mean I do n't think that many people can do convincing Neville Brody pages , presumably he has three of them — the three- or ten , or however many he has , to be able to turn them out with him being around , but as soon as he walks away it 's not as good . |
| 14 | No , he will be able to sort them out into a short-list of three or four for further interview . |
| 15 | Well I 'll be able to take them down in a minute . |
| 16 | She said I wo n't be able to take you out to lunch till after Christmas time cos I 'll be far too busy . |
| 17 | Speak to you vet who may be able to manipulate it back into place . |
| 18 | He or she has to believe it , and to be able to back it up with reasons which he or she also believes . |
| 19 | If the tile has simply slipped out of place but is undamaged ( that is , it still has its hanging ‘ nibs ’ on the back ) , you should be able to slide it back into place after easing up the surrounding tiles under wood wedges . |
| 20 | It is essential ‘ to appreciate other people 's points of view but to be able to swing them round to yours if necessary ’ , a social skill which must be practised in an extremely wide range of relationships . |
| 21 | It had occurred to him that maybe , just maybe , they 'd be able to link him in with what he 'd done . |
| 22 | You are also likelier to be able to carry it through with you at airport check-ins . |
| 23 | Erm if you you will not be able to put it back after that date . |
| 24 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 25 | The two Englishmen missed their family and their lives in England , and had thought that even with no money and no civilian clothes they would be able to make it back across France to one of the Channel ports . |
| 26 | There was also a group of wounded men , some of whom would not be able to make it back to Kufra . |
| 27 | I 'm afraid I wo n't be able to make it back to Greylaw this weekend because I have promised to go out with the cousin of a friend . |
| 28 | With the girl 's clothes we should be able to trace her back at least to the point at which she was dropped during the night — or I hope so , after all that rain . |
| 29 | But I consider myself perfectly competent to be able to go to court , make applications for remand , make pleas of mitigation where there 's a guilty plea and also conduct a case in such a way as to be able to pass it over to someone else in the practice . |
| 30 | They turn up on church doorsteps in inner London hoping that the Church will be able to help them out in some way . |