Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It looked pretty derelict when I bought it but the quality of materials and craftsmanship in those days was superb and I was able to restore it back to its original condition , apart from a few new components . ’ |
| 2 | It is essential ‘ to appreciate other people 's points of view but to be able to swing them round to yours if necessary ’ , a social skill which must be practised in an extremely wide range of relationships . |
| 3 | When the Company entered the dynastic politics of southern India by putting forward a candidate of its own in the Carnatic , the French were soon able to drive him back to Trichinopoly and beseige him there . |
| 4 | But I consider myself perfectly competent to be able to go to court , make applications for remand , make pleas of mitigation where there 's a guilty plea and also conduct a case in such a way as to be able to pass it over to someone else in the practice . |
| 5 | Cos I might be able to cart them off to Joanne and Emma to give them to their mum 's on Mother 's Day |
| 6 | ‘ Someone who may be able to lead me right to the heart of the operation , ’ he said softly . |
| 7 | Well we 've fortunately been able to track them down to the waxes which er occur on land so what we 're seeing here is a , an input from the land carried on the dusts which are blown in the winds from the Sahara and other regions out into the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 8 | That 's what I said to that Ann , be able to get something on that somebody says that they have n't said it and be able to play it back to them . |
| 9 | In many ways , he would have preferred to have been able to give himself over to the delusion and accept it as truth ; but there seemed to be a definite boundary here , and it was n't his choice whether or not he crossed it . |
| 10 | Fortunately he saw a nice couple from the Ministry of Education and was able to guide her over to them . |
| 11 | A year ago she 'd have been able to race him out to the ketch , maybe even climbed on deck and dived off … |
| 12 | Version 6 will include anti-virus software , but will Microsoft be able to keep you up to date with the new viruses that appear with frightening regularity ? |
| 13 | There , he was able to lift himself on to his crutch again and then climb out of the stockade . |
| 14 | Replace it with a plastic one , but make sure you 'll be able to get it through to loft hatch . |
| 15 | She said I wo n't be able to take you out to lunch till after Christmas time cos I 'll be far too busy . |
| 16 | But if we could grasp some of these small particular uses we might be able to follow them back to the main river . |
| 17 | With any luck , we 'll be able to follow it down to the coast . ’ |
| 18 | It now remained to be seen whether this headman would be able to hand us over to another in Bahdu . |
| 19 | You may have the rest that you covet as soon as I am able to make it over to you . ’ |
| 20 | There was also a group of wounded men , some of whom would not be able to make it back to Kufra . |
| 21 | I 'm afraid I wo n't be able to make it back to Greylaw this weekend because I have promised to go out with the cousin of a friend . |
| 22 | If he 'd just been trying to clear the hell out , then it meant there were probably other FAKINTIL escapers at large who had n't been able to make it back to the mountains either . |