Example sentences of "able to get the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Valerie is still hopeful that she 'll be able to get the school reopened but at the moment it looks as if this is as close as these children will get to being at Brockweir School . |
| 2 | I think the bit that stands up above the horizon is fine , I mean I think that gives you a good idea of what it would have been like had you been able to get the whole , or not perhaps the whole of it , but a lot more of the post up above the horizon simply by getting down lower . |
| 3 | During the toddler period some children 's awareness and motivation outstrips their co-ordination and so anger at not being able to get the doll 's arm into the jumper or the man into the fire engine can suddenly cause the child to scream in frustration and throw the toy across the room . |
| 4 | Now if it 's only a fuse like mine I 'll get him one and we 'll be able to get the computer back down cos er the like right ? |
| 5 | There was no consistent type of difficulty — problems included cost of credit , for example , as well as not being able to get the type or terms of agreement that were wanted . |
| 6 | Even under Anne , when the ministry of the day never did lose a General Election , it was not always able to get the type of Parliament it wanted . |
| 7 | ‘ Or I might be able to get the Oxford University Museum to open up a bit early — you know , Inspector , the dodo and Darwin and the dinosaurs . ’ |
| 8 | After eight weeks and a few x-rays , for which he staggered across his box ( we had borrowed an extension lead by this time ) , I was finally able to get the farrier to take Copper 's shoes off , as he had been wearing them for ten weeks . |
| 9 | To be able to get the feel of canter half-pass , pirouettes and flying changes was absolutely amazing ! |
| 10 | But the processing capability is in itself , no matter how good the program , only half the benefit ; the other half is derived from being able to get the answers when they are wanted and not have to wait for them . |
| 11 | Unfortunately we have never been able to get the evidence . ’ |
| 12 | Or you may be able to get the film of a book they know . |
| 13 | We brought a rescue team and an appliance — ’ I realized he meant a fire engine — ‘ but we were able to get the girl out through the windscreen . |
| 14 | The attempt to disrupt the retreat was , however , beaten off , with around 40 casualties , dead and wounded , on the Hanoverian side and a dozen on the Jacobite , and Charles was able to get the rest of his army safely back into Penrith . |
| 15 | In seemed that Honda was therefore able to get the benefits from the relationship between the companies , without becoming involved with the responsibilities of ownership . |
| 16 | For example , if an authority has granted planning permission to A but building has not yet started , B might be able to get the permission revoked . |
| 17 | Rain asked whether they had not been able to get the story published elsewhere . |
| 18 | ‘ We would have converted it to run off the engine , but the trouble is that if the engine broke down , you would n't be able to get the bonnet up to look at it ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That 's why the skin on his thumb did not burn and they were able to get the print . |
| 20 | ‘ I will try , ’ Wilson said stiffly , barely able to get the words out . |
| 21 | Hardly able to get the words out , she breathed , ‘ I want you . ’ |
| 22 | History , if it is fair , will probably say of Carter that he was able to get some things done but that he was n't able to lead , that he was n't able to get the confidence of the people . ’ |
| 23 | If invited and able to get the time off work , he will go to races anywhere in the world , whatever the distance , yet he never trains for any particular race . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm going to be able to get the time off . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't know at that time what the content of the exhibition was because Sarah who organised it all had to write to lots of people and arrange the loans and you know it is fairly recently that we discovered for example the tate would lend , their pictures because its very rare that they do , erm , and , so we thought the next best thing , when I discovered the change of dates would be to have slides of the pictures that Sue was using , but erm oh dear then wonderful that Sue was using a another book and this term allocated and I was n't able to get the slides she picked , it was my fault that they 're not on slide due to the amount of time that we had to do this . |
| 26 | However , the Baltimore was a good aircraft and it needed a direct hit to knock one down and so , despite our damage , I was able to get the aircraft back to base . ’ |
| 27 | Then I should be able to get the roots hoed before breakfast . |
| 28 | Fortunately , the Thirties Society was able to get the Prospect listed in May 1990 , and alternative development plans are awaited . |
| 29 | He plays great guitar which is inspirational , plus no-one seems to be able to get the sound of the upright bass down quite like he does … ’ |
| 30 | and how are they gon na be able to get the jobs ? |