Example sentences of "able [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I left I was able to give him the good news about his friend Donald , one of the officers to whom we had given food and clothes on the banks of the Rovacchia . |
| 2 | Only a handful of people , it had been established , had been near enough to the leading car of the funicular to have been able to give it the fatal extra push that had sent Woodleigh and Jilly Jonathan tumbling down the steep hillside . |
| 3 | The reason for this advice is that , if you go wrong but the examiner can identify the stage at which you have gone wrong , he is able to give you the appropriate credit . |
| 4 | It is important that I put myself in a position to be able to give you the best possible advice . |
| 5 | Erm I 'm in I 'm in some difficulty because this is this is a matter that 's arisen since the original matters er matters for discussion were drawn up so I 'm not able to give you the formal views of the council in that respect . |
| 6 | The major legal recruiting agencies will all have people on their books who wish to move either firm or area and who may be able to offer you the immediate facility of calling yourselves specialists in a particular field . |
| 7 | now it says I 'm now able to offer you the arranged dates |
| 8 | New for Summer ‘ 90 , we 're really pleased to be able to offer you the magnificent Sota Vento apartments as our Club Choice in buzzing Magalluf . |
| 9 | If you know what a life mine is , in ways I was not able to tell you the other day , and what a terrible story mine has been , you would pray for me much . ’ |
| 10 | But perhaps I shall be able to show them the best places for picnics and things like that . ’ |
| 11 | It was in this book that he was able to show me the first reference to the Santa Maria . |
| 12 | Perhaps I 'll be able to show you the Real Truth . |
| 13 | If you 're able to lend us the entire amount of your covenanted donation at the outset ( e.g. £100 if you decide to covenant £25 a year ) we can invest your contribution as a lump sum and earn extra interest over the years and still reclaim the tax . |