Example sentences of "[was/were] unable [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " 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 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 .
4 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 . ’
5 Seeing this , the Egyptian soldiers were unable to attack them in case they accidentally injured or killed one of these sacred animals .
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