Example sentences of "[been] able [to-vb] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the session , June Braithwaite said she had found it useful ; she had not needed to become hysterical , and he had not been able to leave and disappear into the kitchen . |
| 2 | My previous relationships have all been with women I 've been able to like and respect at the same time as I 've desired them . ’ |
| 3 | Adults , who have been able to read and spell for years , tend to forget what it was like when they could n't unless they have recently learnt a foreign language . |
| 4 | It was already making such good progress that it 's been able to grow and improve in spite of so much petty interference as the Labour Group has been able to put on it . |
| 5 | ‘ It would not have been able to fly and starved to death on the ground . |