Example sentences of "able [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may even be able to continue earning a bit by playing ( piano ) for pubs & clubs . |
| 2 | In practical terms , a person may be able to afford to ignore an order that he or she do something , but not to ignore an order in pursuance of which an authority can do something detrimental to him or her . |
| 3 | Her job might be one of considerable stress and strain , but she really had been incredibly lucky , Laura told herself , not just in being able to afford to buy a penthouse apartment in this large , architectually prestigious warehouse development beside the river at Wapping , but also in managing to persuade her old school-friend Julie to come and share the apartment with her . |
| 4 | Youngsters will be able to help make a butterfly mural , models , kites and a butterfly theatre . |
| 5 | Youngsters will be able to help make a butterfly mural , models , kites and a butterfly theatre . |
| 6 | Unification is the controlling factor that determines whether categories are able to combine to satisfy a grammar rule . |
| 7 | He prospered there , but in April 1919 he was able to resign to become a lecturer at Birkbeck College , London . |
| 8 | They will be able to opt to have a transfer value paid into their new pension scheme at the end of the transitional period or to have their accrued pension rights in their STG scheme frozen to come into payment when they retire . |
| 9 | I hope people will be able to let go a bit and stop analysing . |
| 10 | It had at last been able to start building a hall of residence which had been in abeyance for six years , and the Director was underlining that student accommodation was in short supply in Teesside , and ‘ unless something is done by the provision of fiats , hostels , etc. , to supplement the supply of digs , I can see this being a factor which could really inhibit our development ’ . |
| 11 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
| 12 | The prolonged UK recession has reduced the numbers able to contemplate buying a home overseas ; indeed , some of those with properties in Europe are now trying to sell , to reduce their borrowings . |