Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adj] to [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I was exhilarated to be able to make such a statement . |
| 2 | I was fortunate to be able to include in addition to my own account a lecture by the former Lord Justice Devlin in which he took the fourth Appeal Court severely to task for the illogicality of its reasoning and for usurping the functions of the jury , and a chapter by Bryan Magee about his efforts over the years to try to persuade the Home Office to reopen Cooper 's case . |
| 3 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 4 | I was pleased to be able to announce that I had followed many of their therapies , but fearfully expressed my alarm and disappointment that having religiously performed my visualizations , cancer may have returned by the back door . |
| 5 | I realised that I was lucky to be able to go to England and teach . |
| 6 | I was lucky to be able to go to school in Parma and not spend all my life in Fontanellato , which was the fate of many ; and on the whole my schooldays were enjoyable . |
| 7 | I was surprised to be able to stand and read as long as I liked without feeling a hand on my shoulder . |
| 8 | I was glad to be able to say something . |
| 9 | ‘ I was glad to be able to help Silas . |
| 10 | I was glad to be able to say that we had something for them in return — we were bringing a distinguished visitor in the person of George Turner , a Llangollen stationmaster in BR days , before the line was closed . |
| 11 | Accordingly I was glad to be able to write to her formally on 10 October : |
| 12 | It was just after this that I was privileged to be able to visit the British Museum and by the courtesy of Mr Rex Barker , son-in-law of the landlord of the Five Bells , Mr McCaffery , I was able to view and handle the remains of our oldest inhabitant . |