Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] [noun] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But any day soon we hope that visitors will be able to see her kittens at play . ’ |
| 2 | For once , however , the long-suffering regular fan will be able to buy his ticket at face value — and even sit in his usual seat . |
| 3 | She felt is if she was in limbo , that somehow she was a disembodied spirit , one able to leave her body at will . |
| 4 | and so sometimes the , the calls do seem unreasonable but you should n't get cross , and when you go and see them sometimes you realize why they 're anxious because something that might seem quite trivial to you they might know somebody who had similar symptoms and it actually turned out to be meningitis or something so you 're then able to put their minds at rest . |
| 5 | ( Because they were thought to be able to change their form at will , the accused were branded ‘ shape shifters ’ ) . |
| 6 | My sister , Violet , was one she coached to that standard but she was n't able to take her place at grammar school because the uniform she had to have was beyond the means of my family . |