Example sentences of "[was/were] able [verb] they [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day-to-day operation of power stations remained under the control of the six National Grid Control Centres , which ( now they were freed from the financial provisions which had governed their relationship to the independent undertakings ) were able to run them in a more efficient merit order , reducing the cost of generation . |
| 2 | She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison . |
| 3 | A few days later , immediately alongside the busy M40 , a pause at traffic-lights enabled me to glance at a dense assembly of birds , as closely-packed as starlings , extending for almost a quarter of a mile along the edge of the arable field , and I was able to identify them as a mixture of Lapwing and ‘ goldies , ’ all immobile , and many of the latter with their heads tucked in as if fast asleep . |
| 4 | The staff were amazed at how quickly she grasped the various issues and was able to slot them into the incredible filing system of her memory . |
| 5 | I had seen them with the eyes of a young buy , but Edward who knew them well was able to interpret them with the mind of a man . |