Example sentences of "was able [verb] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , he was able to put himself among the duped . |
| 2 | He returned to England on succeeding his father as second Baron Northwick in 1800 , and was able to devote himself to the formation of the collection for which Northwick Park became famous . |
| 3 | He knew he had performed well and he was able to present himself in the best possible aura , that of self-satisfaction , because Hopper gave him carte blanche to edit his own part on film . |
| 4 | Ali sees in this attempt by Hacihasanzade to induce Kemalpasazade to accept a kadilik an example of a means whereby he was able to maintain himself in the office of kazasker ( first in that of Anadolu and then in that of Rumeli ) for twenty-five years . |
| 5 | But he was able to propel himself along the ground ‘ like a gorilla ’ . |
| 6 | It was n't , however , until summer had faded that he could at last feel he was his own man again and was able to address himself to the present . |