Example sentences of "[was/were] unable [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key leaders of NICRA arrived late , after the march had already started ; if they had any plans for preventing a clash with the police , they were unable to put them into operation . |
| 2 | The 900 Belgian troops stationed in Kismayu were unable to stop them for fear of hitting the civilians . |
| 3 | National Park rangers eventually managed to speak to the two men but were unable to see them for clouds of steam . |
| 4 | It was not long before the South Metropolitan Company 's omnibus proposals came up again and ten Daimler double deck buses were ordered in 1913 , but Daimler were unable to complete them on time and ten L.G.O.C 's ‘ B ’ type chassis with Brush bodies were substituted in July . |
| 5 | Oisin said , very courteously , ‘ Since our own Chroniclers and our Poets and Story Tellers were unable to follow us into exile , it is we who should be grateful to you for creating an account of what is happening . ’ |
| 6 | Seeing this , the Egyptian soldiers were unable to attack them in case they accidentally injured or killed one of these sacred animals . |