Example sentences of "[was/were] able [to-vb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the seventh war with the Turks ( 1714–18 ) the Venetians were able to advance up to the present Bosnian border , taking in the whole of Sinjsko Polje and Imotski . |
| 2 | In the case of the treaty it gave the opportunity for the Red Army to be created , which at a later date was able to go on to the offensive . |
| 3 | So then I was able to go back to the library . ’ |
| 4 | I worked my way — somewhat fearfully , I admit — into a gloomy stand of pines , and there found several fallen branches which I was able to drag back to the cave . |
| 5 | When he bolted the door , pulled down the shutter , put the chairs on the tables , emptied the till and swept the floor he was able to walk through to the back , climb the stairs , sprawl into a big armchair and look at his collection of pictures , news cuttings , fan club items , record sleeves and signed photographs of Shirley Temple . |