Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [modal v] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not then I 'll plead to my wife for the car & I 'll be able to offer other people a lift there ( but I 'll be coming back on Sunday ) . |
| 2 | I was sure when I started my research that I would be able to say that governments were greedy and liked to sell lots of arms to countries who were very poor and who only needed basic things like food and shelter . |
| 3 | And I have grave doubts that I will be able to endure it for long after this … débâcle … this hideousness . ’ |
| 4 | yeah , I work on these other cars and I 'll be able to do that in the meantime |
| 5 | lover But I 'll be able to get |
| 6 | I knew I needed the disguise because I would be able to surprise him by two hours at the most . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She says Michel and I will be able to sustain each other . |
| 9 | I have every confidence , therefore , that Dr. Woods and I will be able to co-operate in resolving the issues referred to us by that committee . |
| 10 | I really do n't think that my husband and I will be able to afford it . |
| 11 | Er men were coming , young men were coming out of the forces and er they wanted their jobs back and er I began to wonder what was going to happen to me , if , because I was on the temporary staff and erm there was no guarantee that I 'd be able to stay erm , and then of course erm I was thinking of probably getting married and erm er the salary at that stage was n't er , was n't very much to get married on . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman and I might be able to agree that it is not unadjacent to the fact that so many inner London authorities are controlled by the Labour party . |
| 13 | None of those public-school boys would be able to do that job with the instinct that I would be able to bring to it . |
| 14 | I wonder if you can tell me what breeds run on the moor so I may be able to work out her breeding . |
| 15 | A little extra pressure and I would be able to fish it out with the hypodermic needle I had poised ready . |
| 16 | ‘ Pa and me will be able to get the old claypit open again . ’ |
| 17 | Obviously the tank would be the most expensive item , and there was no way that I would be able to afford a ‘ Brand Name tank of the size required and have enough left to fit it out . |
| 18 | I once attended one such two day course with the idea that I would be able to find out what makes a designer ‘ tick ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Her relations were keen that I should meet her , perhaps because they hoped in desperation that I might be able to help her . |
| 21 | This is the last time that I shall be able to supply them , yet you try to stop me . " |