Example sentences of "able [to-vb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he himself has not paid for them then the person who sold him the goods will be able to sue him for the price but will have lost any chance of recovering the goods . |
| 2 | She wished that she had been able to spot him in the crowd . |
| 3 | Sometimes , when he thought about that day , as he did occasionally , it occurred to him that this was the first instance of railways being able to distract him from the pains of life . |
| 4 | He 's only groggy , not out , but you 're able to secure him to the bed with the other set of handcuffs and the leather straps from the same drawer the hood came from . |
| 5 | But if you see the top man around the business you are able to look him in the eye and tell whether you can trust him or not . |
| 6 | It was out in the open now and she was able to look him in the face again , all pretence finished . |
| 7 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 8 | So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas . |
| 9 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 10 | He is surprisingly slow to begin talking , but a good walker , and we were able to take him to the canal where there were ducks , swans , horses and icy puddles to interest him , so that was fine . |
| 11 | Once he hits on the right track he should be able to follow him to the place where he leaves the food and then watch who picks it up . |
| 12 | He was looking at outdoor cold stress and we were able to tell him about the extent of the particular housing problem in Scotland and how people could only afford to heat one room . |
| 13 | The anti-terrorist branch were looking hard at MacQuillan 's political life , but Wickham knew someone who would certainly be able to tell him about the dead man 's business life . |
| 14 | They were able to rescue him from the slurry within 15 minutes . |