Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't want to be a superstar , I just wanted to be able to play well . |
| 3 | Aubrey was probably right — she just wanted to be able to number him among her many admirers . |
| 4 | There are things certain things I 'm committed to and to have time off means I still got to be able to do those things . |
| 5 | He sincerely hoped to be able to establish the rule of Christ on earth with the help of the Christian emperor , an emperor who could be approved and crowned only by the pope . |
| 6 | This understanding of ‘ service ’ was crucial to the political practicality of citizenship which always depended upon being able to offer a reconciliation between ‘ personal rights ’ and , despite the vacillating liberal reinterpretations , ‘ the community ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I was not the great campaigning journalist , but I always wanted to be able to give facts , be they favourable or unfavourable to the authorities . ’ |
| 8 | And these because you always wanted to be able to adapt rooms for different purposes and this folded back against the wall . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ I like to make people laugh and always wanted to be able to do something for elderly and lonely people . ’ |
| 10 | She had no gift for academic work ; she simply longed to be able to dedicate her life to it . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , he never seemed to be able to give them an explanation of what this Holy Spirit was supposed to be . |
| 12 | Kitty never seemed to be able to hold down a job for more than a week at a time , but somehow she was still better dressed than any of us . |
| 13 | I think perhaps that I actually needed to be able to think the worst of you , however personally unpalatable that worst was to me , as some sort of a defence , so that I could despise you even if it meant despising myself as well . |