Example sentences of "[was/were] unable [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the editors realized the importance of the work , they were unable to publish anything without higher approval . |
| 2 | It was often assumed that the ‘ natives ’ were unable to protect themselves from dangerous animals , thus justifying the intervention of the white man with his rifle . |
| 3 | It seemed that the Prime Minister was unable to dismiss her Chancellor , but was unable to invest him with full confidence either . |
| 4 | Maybe she had been locked in her self-imposed prison for so long that now she was unable to control herself at all . |
| 5 | In all my life there have been very few occasions when I badly wanted more money and that was one of them , because on my wage of three shillings a day as an AC2 I was unable to drape her with expensive clothes . |
| 6 | I returned to London , and was unable to find you until two hours ago . ’ |
| 7 | Sigeric 's successor , Ælfric , recovered it , but N.P. Brooks has pointed out that other losses would have left no trace in the Canterbury records if they were not regained , and Thietmar of Merseburg says that Archbishop Ælfheah was unable to ransom himself in 1012 because of dire poverty . |