Example sentences of "[pers pn] be able [verb] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was able to take one of them across with me to Regents Park , where we joined SRS Active and had a boat on the lake . |
| 2 | I myself feel sure that you are full of goodness , that you have all knowledge and that you are able to teach one another . |
| 3 | For when a religion is put into a position where its , albeit necessary , business activities appear in the eyes of its followers , to be outweighing in importance its original purpose , it ceases to be of the slightest use in so far as it is able to fulfil one of its most important reasons for existence , that is , to provide a satisfactory code of behaviour to be observed in that area of human conduct which can be considered as being subject to moral law . |
| 4 | They provided education , free education , free health services erm one of the modern communication system and ports erm and they ensure job for every Kuwaiti , so you will not find an unemployed Kuwaiti , as soon as he is able to do one job or another the Government provided the training for a large number of Kuwaiti to provide technical works . |
| 5 | As it transpired he was able to watch one of the most remarkable rounds of golf ever played at Royal St. George 's , or indeed any other golf course . |
| 6 | Although his findings are not different in character from the broad perspective of development already described , he was able to highlight one crucial problem . |
| 7 | He was able to snatch one long weekend in the country , but almost at once he had to start work on the preparation of lectures for a three-week tour of Germany . |
| 8 | At the end of November , however , he was able to make one last trip to his native land , and the Eliots stayed in New York for the whole of December . |
| 9 | He urged them on through the mounting waves until they too reached the Rebecca , and he was able to ram one hole , fill it with pitch , then another , and another , round the hull beneath the overhang of the bows , in a rain of missiles , with fire sizzling around him , and his fellow fighters hanging on , hoping for the moment when the timbers would be ablaze . |