Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] he [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A year ago she 'd have been able to race him out to the ketch , maybe even climbed on deck and dived off …
2 I sipped cocoa , and wondered how and when I would be able to turn him out into the night again .
3 It had occurred to him that maybe , just maybe , they 'd be able to link him in with what he 'd done .
4 Maybe one day we 'll be able to bring him out of the closet , give him a new identity , promote him to a senior vice president . ’
5 The length of these umbilicals means that , in most cases , the tender can not tend the diver in the true sense , and may not be able to pull him back in an emergency .
6 a telephone call will tell you whether you 've the papers wo n't be drawn up but they will be able to tell him on through the phone whether it 's okay .
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