Example sentences of "[was/were] able [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victory when it came I found tasteless , I was ashamed to be envious of air crews who were able to turn up at reunions with a crew intact , and they still can even 40 years on , and relive those cruel yet wondrous days when the composition of a crew was as binding as the sanctity of marriage . |
| 2 | With 15 minutes gone Airdrie were able to break out into attack for the first time and Hearts ' experienced defenders looked oddly rattled , particularly when Coyle came close with a flashing cross-shot from the left . |
| 3 | Angelica left the train on a stretcher in the dusk under bright station lights , her tomato head half covered by a blanket , and one lifeless hand , with red fingernails and sparkling rings , artistically drooping out of concealment on the side where the train 's passengers were able to look on with fascination . |
| 4 | The response was overwhelming and I was able to raise over £1,000 which was added to other monies raised by the branch of J Sainsbury 's plc where I am employed and we were able to hand over to Terry Scott a cheque for £10,000 . |
| 5 | Once we had worked together to help him regain his faith , he was able to go on to play just as well as he had done before ; indeed , now that he had remembered the feeling of success , he was able to play even better . |
| 6 | But the suspension also meant that Coker was able to whizz back to Oz for a two-week training camp in Brisbane with Queensland to return having served his time and he missed almost none of the domestic season . |
| 7 | By Tuesday , he was able to venture out of doors for the first time since arriving home , late and ailing , on Thursday night . |
| 8 | Just as Wunis Abdulhadi was able to opt out among friends , but knew that in a conflict he could not walk down the street without danger of attack from Zuwaya , so ‘ the obligation to fight ’ arose from people 's perception that their opponents would assume the worst possible case — — that everyone who had a theoretical obligation to fight would do so . |
| 9 | The final quarter was virtually all Zimbabwe , although lock Phil Davies was able to charge through for Wales ' fourth try seven minutes from time , which Jenkins again converted . |
| 10 | It was a strongly-built castle on an excellent defensive site and the garrison of thirty knights was able to hold out against Richard 's artillery train for nearly two months , but eventually its lord , Arnald de Boville , was forced to capitulate . |
| 11 | He was able to pass on to Nicholson authoritative recollections of seeing huge worms crawl out of biscuits , eating a plum that was alive , seeing his wife sitting beside herself and all that kind of hallucinatory experience . |
| 12 | In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight , out of smell , and enjoy a very good look at the herd . |
| 13 | Did he feel better or worse that neither the genuine Matthew Prescott nor the spurious Michael Watney was able to get through to Alexandra ? |
| 14 | He decided to invade England and landed his troops at Hastings on the south coast , and had established a good bridgehead before the news reached Harold and he was able to journey down from Yorkshire . |