Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] i [modal v] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | thing is I do n't think I can but er I mean I might be able to pop in for about half an hour . |
| 2 | I mean I may be able to get some money from my parents a little bit |
| 3 | Did I think I would be able to manage for a while on my own ? ( with Mena , and Mr James in the offing ) . |
| 4 | I can not attend the Action Group 's first meeting , nor do I think I will be able to do this regularly in any case . |
| 5 | ‘ If I 'd been educated proper , I expect I 'd be able to talk more , ’ said Dolly , ‘ specially if I 'ad good looks and not just a sort of orphanage face . |
| 6 | I hope I shall be able to compress it sufficiently . |
| 7 | And yet , although he was a scientific naturalist and although in frequent essays he reminds us of the insignificance and unimportance of man in the whole scheme of things , it 's plain that , from the beginning , and as I hope I shall be able to show you , right down to the end , he found something emotionally hard to bear , I was going to say , in fact , intolerable , in this situation . |
| 8 | ‘ After a couple of days I hope I 'll be able to go home ! ’ she shot back at once . |
| 9 | I see no problem in your raising this at Whitley , but I hope I may be able to answer some of your specific points in advance , without in any way prejudicing your right to raise this in Committee . |
| 10 | I know that I could suffer in that way but I hope I will be able to cope , ’ she added . |
| 11 | ‘ I would like to think I am a very passionate person , but I have to admit there is a degree of workaholism , which I hope I will be able to temper . |
| 12 | He hinted he would do more than host formal functions and represent Israel on state visits : ‘ I hope I will be able , through the efficient work of the government , to play a role in developing the Middle East peace process . ’ |
| 13 | It , it gets a bit easier , because they go on to like health , age , I know I 'll be able to find loads to stuff on age , wo n't I ? |
| 14 | I suppose I shall be able to recover the journal ? ’ |
| 15 | Having read December 's issue I feel I might be able to help Laddie the unkempt Cocker from December 's Post Bag . |
| 16 | By straining my eyes , I thought I might be able to see Donegal across the bay . |
| 17 | I thought I might be able to run . |
| 18 | But I thought I might be able to earn a crust by it , you know ? |
| 19 | I thought I 'd be able to get away this , you know ! |
| 20 | I think I may be able to help like . |
| 21 | I think I may be able to help you . |
| 22 | ‘ I think I 'll be able to 'op back to the bedroom by meself , ’ said Dolly . |
| 23 | I think I 'll be able to get another one . |
| 24 | ‘ I think I might be able to work it into London . |
| 25 | I think I might be able |
| 26 | Well I think I might be able to sort that out a lot of it will be underneath your |
| 27 | ‘ I think I shall be able to guide you home all the way , Uncle George , ’ she said . |
| 28 | " I think I shall be able to go as well as the others now . |
| 29 | I think I shall be able to show you that this religious attitude underlay some of the most striking aspects of Russell 's life : his pacifism , and his deep concern with human misfortune and misery . |
| 30 | I said I might be able to stretch a pound ! |