Example sentences of "i was able [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was eighteen I had the very good fortune , think it was a miracle really , that I was able to join a local women 's group in Stratford in East London . |
| 2 | On the basis of the work done by other researchers on the structure of DNA strands , and my own identification of Briant Bodies Alpha and Beta , I was able to choose a conception that would produce certain clearly defined physical characteristics . |
| 3 | Her husband kindly returned them to me , and I was able to do a great deal of destruction for myself . |
| 4 | I needed the money and it sounded O.K. But sitting around for hours at a stretch without a word from anybody I was able to do a lot of thinking . ’ |
| 5 | They have had the benefit of that , but for my part I was able to do a job I really loved . ’ |
| 6 | Having a bit of a rest in the winter , I was able to relax a little bit more , so I think I came over a lot fresher than I normally do for the start of the season . |
| 7 | On my shirt Harvey had arranged that I wore the word ‘ observer ’ , which meant I was able to remember a prior appointment when the going got rough . |
| 8 | I was able to explore a lot of ideas and possibilities through Project 81 , and it gave me something to concentrate on . |
| 9 | The Guggenheim installation worked well for me too because I was able to use a strict chronology : one thing after another all the way down the ramp . |
| 10 | But by good fortune I was able to take a series of coloured photographs from which David Neal was able to make one of his skilful drawings many years later . |
| 11 | It was about a fortnight after I arrived in Punta Arenas that he showed me his journal and I was able to take a translation of those entries . |
| 12 | After some 20 months I was able to take a trade test and become a Leading Aircraftsman getting nearly £2 a week , One of the notorious figures at Cranwell at this time was Aircraftsman Shaw ( the legendary Col T.E . |
| 13 | I was able to arrange a series of CBC talks by Olive Kerr at the start of a long and valued friendship . |
| 14 | I was able to buy a second-hand machine with an electric motor at a charity shop a few months ago . |
| 15 | I was able to buy a small car in which to make the fifteen-minute drive to the campus each day . |
| 16 | With the help of the MOI , I was able to recruit a Deputy-Director for the Department of Public Relations , a first-class newspaper man , F.W. Benton , who was also experienced in radio news work . |
| 17 | I also heard that a party of girls from Bishop 's Home orphanage school in Rangoon had got stranded at Katha and I was able to send a telegram to Jack Cardew of the Burma Railways asking him to extricate them and get them on a train to Myitkyina . |
| 18 | By asking the women what they liked or disliked about the task in question , and whether their attitude was reversed in any particular circumstances , I was able to get a more complete picture of their experience of each task , and also to learn something about the characteristics these different housework tasks are seen to possess . |
| 19 | When I married , I was able to get a good job and a house for my family . |
| 20 | It was n't really dealing ; it was an arrangement whereby being a single parent on supplementary benefit I was able to get a little for myself . |
| 21 | With the help of that and an increasing salary I was able to get a mortgage on my own small flat just outside London . ’ |
| 22 | She fell on top of me , but I was able to get a hold on her . ’ |
| 23 | Chronic disease was a different matter , but gradually I was able to help a number of problem cases which had failed to benefit from conventional treatment . |
| 24 | When the votes of thanks and other formalities were over , I was able to have a brief word with him as he emerged into the vestibule . |
| 25 | When I was in Ulm , where the season ran only from September to April , I was able to travel a great deal ; and then I went to Milan to hear real Italian singing . |
| 26 | ‘ I felt very inadequate but at least I was able to provide a shoulder to cry on . ’ |
| 27 | Well , he sent me quite a series of postcards , and from them I was able to reconstruct a typical street corner . |