Example sentences of "able get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to 1990 she was able to get practically any book she wanted , no matter how old . |
| 2 | But times have changed and chefs may not be able to get away with overcharging for simple dishes using relatively inexpensive ingredients for much longer … or perhaps they will . |
| 3 | I went out to the theatre and the opera a lot , and when I had some time off , I was usually able to get away somewhere . |
| 4 | ‘ We thought it was as good an excuse as any and we were all able to get away at the same time . |
| 5 | It is perhaps for that reason that the pensions industry had been able to get away with such arrangements for so long . |
| 6 | No manager , in any half-decent company , is able to get away with claiming that he has made all the improvements it is possible to make . |
| 7 | Anne felt an urge to throw the kind of temper tantrum she had been able to get away with when she was six years old . |
| 8 | The plane might have been forced down by fighters or other enemy action , or had to land for some other reason , and we do n't know whether the men were able to get away all right or not . |
| 9 | They have been able to get away with it , because it is difficult to reproach the Germans for pursuing an excessively sound monetary policy and sticking to low inflation . |
| 10 | She experienced changeable moods and panic attacks — she had n't been on holiday for 20 years and could n't even go out to dinner for fear of not being able to get away . |
| 11 | Would they be able to get away in time ? |
| 12 | ‘ If I can get drunk enough on this stuff I might be able to get away with it at the next repatriation board . ’ |
| 13 | They were usually first on the spot on a mission , so were often able to get away before the enemy night fighters were fully aware of the situation , and also , as they carried target indicators and markers , their heavy bomb load was consequently reduced . |
| 14 | This group also has a sitting-in service , which is often necessary for carers if they are going to be able to get away and attend meetings at all . |
| 15 | Very soon , when those two stalwarts had gone , the chances of her being able to get away would be far more remote . |
| 16 | I want to be able to get away from it . ’ |
| 17 | They seem to be able to get away with anything . |
| 18 | Occasionally she has been able to get away and walk the streets of London , or slip out with friends without looking over her shoulder . |
| 19 | Mr Clarke , on the other hand , may be able to get away with some early twists and U-turns . |
| 20 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 21 | I thought this was quite a plus actually , because we were able to get away with murder during the beginning , in some ways doing things that on paper looked very expensive but in reality balanced out over the year we were scheduled . ’ |
| 22 | Management today may be able to get away with it , but it is creating a legacy for those who will have to manage organisations in the future . |
| 23 | Instead , governments were able to get away with lending fleets of military transport planes and the real benefactors were the armed forces for whom it was a giant PR exercise and useful practice . |
| 24 | Fortunately it did n't although the Romanians were able to get away for the silver . |
| 25 | There is a a colossal amount of inconsistency er of a kind that if we were to practice such inconsistency in our courts there would be there would be absolute outcry and it 's it 's something of a scandal I think that er that the police and the executive generally are apparently able to get away with inconsistencies which we are not . |
| 26 | With Boz out of the caravan I was able to get away for a while . |
| 27 | Meetings therefore always took place at five-thirty in the evening , a time when a politician , a lawyer or a captain of industry might be expected to be able to get away from his office for an important private occasion . |
| 28 | You will be able to get away without including any REMarks in simple programs . |
| 29 | They wo n't be able to get away with that one now . ’ |
| 30 | Ward said : ‘ He is causing a bit of a headache for us , but he 's been able to get away with it so far because he has been unknown , but it will be increasingly difficult for him if he keeps trying . ’ |