Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] unable [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall read his speech and where I am unable to reply as fully as I might , I shall write to him . |
| 2 | The Ipswich job was naturally very hush-hush , so I am unable to go into details until my autobiography is published by HMSO in 1999 . |
| 3 | I had no idea when we might be going to Dili , so I was unable to time my campaign , to know when to bring it to a climax , to know when I could afford to cool things down , to be nice to her , for I did n't want to be thrown out of the house there and then , did I ? |
| 4 | The corrugations bumped the harness into my shoulder and sent the shock down to the shin , which was strained further because I was unable to tell at which angle to put down my foot . |
| 5 | ‘ May I present myself , Mrs. Stevenson , since I am unable to find Madame Rodet to do me the honour ? ’ |
| 6 | It is as bizarre to suppose that I do not have a clear idea of a particular causal circumstance , say the one which gives rise to a query on the console of my computer , when I am unable to enumerate its elements . |
| 7 | When I was unable to finish the heaped plateful , the waitress expressed concern that I had not enjoyed one of their local specialties ; two , I felt , would have killed me . |
| 8 | My eye fell on a page she had left on the kitchen table the other day and I had noted , before I could avert my eyes , a pretty scholarly history of my conversion to double-knotting , after an incident when I was unable to get out of the train at Greenwich one evening and found myself being carried on to Maze Hill , because someone was standing on the trailing lace of my shoe . |
| 9 | As I am unable to call to discuss these with you in person during bank opening hours I should be grateful for a reply in writing which I can present to the Council at their next meeting on 2 April 1992 . |
| 10 | I write with regard to your order for the above tape , as I am unable to trace having received a reply to my letter to you of 14 February last . |
| 11 | As I was unable to see how I could realistically expect students to take responsibility for classes after only six weeks in the School of Education , I decided ( after much self doubt ) to put the students on their first teaching practice in the fourth and fifth years of schools offering our joint GCE O Level/CSE French for Communication syllabus where they would be expected to work with the teachers in a variety of roles . |
| 12 | He had lectured on philosophy in the university and had made numerous friendly contacts which were of great use to myself , though I was unable to follow on his very able lectures to university students . |