Example sentences of "[been] able [to-vb] up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason is that owners are often stronger than intruders , which are animals too weak to have been able to set up a territory . |
| 2 | He felt he had the upper hand for once , and they had n't been able to set up the Microwave Gun yet , either ; he felt cool and relaxed . |
| 3 | Although badly injured with four bullets inside him , PC Kelly had been able to call up the SOS code number , ‘ ten nine , ten nine ’ . |
| 4 | Well I hope you 've been able to pick up a bit of something but I 'm not very good at it myself cos old days and old times . |
| 5 | There were other reasons for insecurity , too : no matter how much material prosperity had come a family 's way , there was still every chance that illness or a premature death might send them all back down a snake at a much faster speed than they had been able to climb up a ladder . |
| 6 | Detetives still have n't been able to build up a description of the attacker but they believe he may have worked with horses in the past . |
| 7 | He was a hard worker , but Jane marvelled at how he had been able to build up a business while remaining practically unintelligible . |