Example sentences of "[noun] was able [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owen was able to pick out the speaker . |
| 2 | Healey was able to pay back the first instalment of £2 billion to the IMF with some ease , and indeed the full IMF loan proved to be unnecessary , while income-tax allowances were raised and a bonus for Christmas could be afforded for old-age pensions . |
| 3 | That the Thatcher Government was able to spin out the dispute into a second year was seen by many as an indication that teachers were somewhat irresponsible . |
| 4 | The long period of housing the stock meant that the farmer was able to carry out the necessary work in the mornings and evenings . |
| 5 | An exasperated Galileo was able to show up the inadequacy of his rival 's position in a characteristically witty way . |
| 6 | Each subject was able to adjust both the height and the angle of a toilet seat by remote control . |
| 7 | He looked across the field cum river bank in the general direction of civilisation , and with the aid of the moonlight was able to make out the familiar gables of the Blue Boar , a hundred yards away . |
| 8 | In the 1830s and early 1840s Palmerston was able to handle both the Belgian question and the Near Eastern crises of 1832 – 33 and 1839 – 41 with little interference from parliament , so that in 1839 an acute observer of British politics could say with much justification that " foreign affairs are never discussed except at the House of Lords " . |
| 9 | Even before the debate took place , The Times was able to sum up the situation accurately : |
| 10 | Although badly-injured with four bullets inside him , Pc Kelly was able to call up the SOS code number . |
| 11 | A few years later , with Atari in deep financial trouble , Nintendo was able to take over the US market too . |
| 12 | Both his sisters kissed him — another first — and Kitty had to have her hand prised out of his before Charlie was able to pick up the brown paper parcel that contained all his worldly goods . |