Example sentences of "able [to-vb] us [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will be able to help us on that point tonight . |
| 2 | No one was able to give us at that time the valuable advice which I only picked up years later , namely that the great danger in cholera was dehydration , necessitating that the sufferer be given frequent drinks of cold water previously boiled . |
| 3 | ‘ Your sister 's been able to supply us with most of the details we need . ’ |
| 4 | And surely any dramatist ought to be able to move us with that final night of Holly 's life , when his musicians ( including Waylon Jennings ) gave their places on the ‘ plane to the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens . |
| 5 | I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will be able to tell us about that soon and that he will make a statement on that matter next week . |