Example sentences of "she [was/were] unable [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greetings were received from Kay Evans , who was sorry that she was unable to attend the training day . |
| 2 | She was unable to quell the acid in her voice . |
| 3 | Stealing a sideways glance at his profile , she was unable to quell the frisson of excitement which sharpened her perception of him . |
| 4 | She was unable to see the thick , penis-shaped dildo being fitted to the piston rod , or the big machine being placed strategically by her rear end . |
| 5 | She was followed five minutes later by an angry Carole , suitcase in hand , who was to find that she was unable to quit the hotel until midnight . |
| 6 | The bystander was not aware of the crash button on the alarm fitted to the hangar wall , and finding the control room locked , she was unable to sound the alarm . |
| 7 | Another tom did the same thing , supplying his female with food while she was unable to leave the nest during the first days after producing her litter . |
| 8 | ‘ I merely ask because last night she was unable to hold the torch steady . |
| 9 | The year 1848 had demonstrated that she was unable to control the territory which was hers already . |
| 10 | But because of incompatibility problems she was unable to pull the wagons under the automatic loader . |
| 11 | It sounded childish , she knew , but she was unable to prevent the tiny gasps of pleasure as her eyes were assailed at each new turn by ever more glorious sights . |
| 12 | Furthermore , she was unable to accept the view of La Forest J. that the principle of recovery should be reversed for policy reasons . |
| 13 | She was unable to disguise the bleak note that had entered her voice . |
| 14 | She was unable to meet the intense look in his eyes , and her lashes fluttered wildly against her cheeks . |
| 15 | Stephanie did not understand Daniel 's unhappiness because , quick about his attitudes to churchwardens , shirt buttons , Bill 's fury , the Ellenbys ' lazy matter-of-course snobbery , she was unable to catch the shifts of his feelings about herself , or now , about the two of them . |
| 16 | However , despite a wealth of fascinating data , she was unable to untangle the causal sequence and be sure about what came first in order to conclude when and how support had been protective . |