Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] able [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charity asked , not always able to follow her cousin 's wonderful leaps in logic . |
| 2 | I have watched student teachers attempting dramatic role plays of the Vikings , only to come unstuck with parts for girls ; not really able to encourage them to be raped or pillaged , the only alternative is , as one student hastily improvised , for them to be ‘ Viking wives at home ’ . |
| 3 | A military man , Captain John Smith , pulled the colony together in 1608 but it became all too clear that the colonists were not even able to feed themselves ; 1609 was remembered as ‘ the starving time ’ and the settlers were preparing to give up and leave for England when Lord De La Warr arrived with fresh supplies and new settlers in June 1610 . |
| 4 | She says children can get it from a very tiny age and if you think of a child starting its every day , not even able to move its own limbs freely . |
| 5 | Topaz was slightly out of breath as she reached the marquis , not quite able to believe he was really there . |
| 6 | We are not yet able to say which of these two parameters changed at the glitches . |