Example sentences of "[be] able [verb] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Well if you have bacon now you wo n't be able to have it at the weekend . |
| 3 | He signalled to the waitress , then said : ‘ If you change your mind we might be able to get something at the airport . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison . |