Example sentences of "[was/were] able [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some conscripts were able to live at home for at least part of their service , reporting for duty at 5.30 a.m. and returning in the late afternoon — but usually only those who lived near a training depot had permission to commute to it . |
| 2 | David Raffe ( 11 ) of Edinburgh University found that more than three-quarters of school leavers from sparsely populated areas were able to live at home . |
| 3 | Only a small percentage of black children were able to remain at school beyond primary level . |
| 4 | Southport 's reply was never in any trouble and Swift ( 28no ) and Butler ( 70no ) were able to score at will . |
| 5 | Previously , speeding traffic along the main road often used the traffic islands painted on the road for overtaking purposes and was able to turn at speed into Buxtehude at this generously proportioned junction ( Figure 6.8 ) . |