Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] able to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farmers are normally too busy trying to run their dwindling holdings and make ends meet to be able to swan off to Butlin 's for a spot of pigeon-beheading . |
| 2 | I I would hope to be able to party conference probably only which would mean turning up either Friday night or Saturday morning . |
| 3 | You might want to be able to sort of get to their flat very quickly . |
| 4 | Stephen liked to be able to wrong-foot the people who worked for him and was a master at taking them off-guard . |
| 5 | So what has brought the best known boxer on the unofficial circuit , the best known bouncer in town , the man who has inspired film scripts and tall tales in the snooker halls , once one of the six people in Britain said to be able to bench-press 500 pounds , what has brought him to the dock in front of Judge Richard Lowry and to the possibility of spending the rest of his life locked up with robbers and rapists ? |
| 6 | We had to be able to invoice in a local currency and yet be able to account for it in sterling . ’ |
| 7 | We , also , have to be able to goto Blackburn and come away with a result if we expect to advance in the Cup any further than the 4th round . |