Example sentences of "unable [verb] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long-sighted people are unable to hit the right point in the eye too . |
| 2 | Long-sighted people are unable to hit the right point in the eye too . |
| 3 | But unable to find the right person , Nikki has now decided to take the children with her , although it means uprooting them from home and friends . |
| 4 | William Troy in the Nation was similarly unable to find the right words to explain the greatness of It Happened One Night and he suggested that ‘ a good photoplay , like a good book or a good piece of music , remains always something of a miracle ’ and that ‘ beyond a certain point the mind is forced to bow down before its own inability to unravel and put together again all the parts of the shining and imponderable whole with which it is dealing ’ . |
| 5 | Unable to find the right words , Gina moved her hand impulsively across the table and touched his fingers with her own , unconsciously reciprocating the gesture he had made to her earlier . |