Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] be [adj] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , roll on January 1992 , then I may be able to do some knitting . |
| 2 | But you will be receiving notification of the said meeting taking place and my colleague from Northern Irela Wales Northern Ireland , perhaps if you could have a chat with me in the corridor , I may be able to do something which can help you alleviate the sa situation between us . |
| 3 | ‘ I may be able to do better than that , ’ said Tracey . |
| 4 | You could see his brain working I must be able to do something about this , he was thinking , but there was no rule against hair colour , only length . |
| 5 | I asked him if he would be prepared to support the Government 's privatisation proposals , and he said : ’ I should be happy to do so , provided that the general public can apply for shares . ’ |
| 6 | As it 's my private place , I should be able to do with it as I please . ’ |
| 7 | I should be able to do something about it and it was a depressing thought that I was getting nowhere . |
| 8 | I should be able to do the job without getting involved , but when I met her and took her statement , it was awful . |
| 9 | Yes yes right I 'll see what I can do by September I should be able to do a fair bit by then Yeah well I say I 've done the doll , that 's for August that 's for the er Beckley fete but it 's for , Friends of Beckley Church and it 's guess the doll 's birth date which as you said as you said it should have two |
| 10 | I should be able to do this and that but , but it happens . |
| 11 | He said he puts more , more he calls in and says it 's awful really cos this rubbish and he said whereas I should be able to do say the whatever ten o'clock post in whatsit . |
| 12 | I desperately wanted to give him hope — by then I had begun reading the ‘ complementary ’ literature and was coming to realise all I might be able to do for myself . |
| 13 | One of the factors that led me to sign up with the DIA was the idea that I might be able to do something for my friend Jerry Levin , who had been taken hostage in Beirut by Hezbollah , but as it happened he was released before I got out there . |
| 14 | I might be able to do something for you next year but there 's not much chance this year , I 'm afraid . |
| 15 | However , they had got me out of the way and I felt at least with a following wind a big lad would hit the ball in my direction and I might be able to do something . |
| 16 | I tried to think what I might be prepared to do to achieve this and concluded almost anything . |
| 17 | ‘ I might be prepared to do that , ’ conceded Zeinab , dusting the powder from her fingers . |
| 18 | ‘ I understand , and I 'll be happy to do it , ’ I answered . |
| 19 | With your support now , I 'll be able to do just that . |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe that 's all I 'll be able to do , ’ I admitted . |
| 21 | No , I 've got another couple of years and then I 'll be able to do what I like , when I like , with no parents on my back ! |
| 22 | I mean I 'm going on the on the opinion that full function 'll come back and I 'll be able to do any work that I was doing before , and there 'll be no change at all . |
| 23 | Every single night I leave and hope I 'll be able to do it again |
| 24 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 25 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 26 | yeah , I work on these other cars and I 'll be able to do that in the meantime |
| 27 | No I 'll have to go and and I 'll be able to do it . |
| 28 | In six weeks I 'll be able to do stuff like table tennis . |
| 29 | I 'd be pleased to do so Mr Nicholas . |
| 30 | That 's what I 'd be inclined to do so |