Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 2 | Will you be able to come out for a drink on New Year 's Eve , next Tuesday evening ? ’ |
| 3 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 4 | Even the judicial system in the Dutch republic , in so many ways still among the most advanced parts of Europe , suffered from the lack of a powerful monarchy able to press effectively for the sort of reform which rulers in many less developed areas were now forcing upon their subjects . |
| 5 | You going to be able to turn out for the polo team ? ’ |
| 6 | If only she were able to stay here for the remainder of the holiday ; but perhaps with Mum and Dad away , even here might start to haunt her . |
| 7 | So , but we were able to stay there for a time . |
| 8 | With Boz out of the caravan I was able to get away for a while . |
| 9 | Fortunately it did n't although the Romanians were able to get away for the silver . |
| 10 | On his visit to London we were able to get together for a bit of a jam and a chat about some of the parts he played on the ‘ new ’ album … |
| 11 | Launching the highly successful initiative under which schools are able to bid directly for the resources to become Technology Schools . |
| 12 | She 's dead , only she 'll be able to move around for a bit longer . |
| 13 | To a large extent of course the Queen was able to make up for the loss by grants of double , triple , and even quadruple subsidies , but in doing so she may have encouraged resistance . |