Example sentences of "he would [vb infin] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had no official status and no powers of arrest , but once he 'd identified Alina then the two officers along with him would have been able to detain her on immigration charges . |
| 2 | Whether he would have been able to stick to it if he had ever risen to be national leader of the Liberal Party is not certain . |
| 3 | Tell that story to one of America 's many grumblers about Japanese investment and the response is that Mr Dukakis would never have made that mistake at a Japanese firm : he would have been able to tell the difference . |
| 4 | Flipping back through the pile of loose pages again , he looked for the words he had written about the dark-haired princess who had so generously , so openly acknowledged his presence , the girl to whom ( surely ) he would have been able to tell The Truth . |
| 5 | He would have been able to claim credit for ‘ one of the Government 's export achievements ’ , a reference to the 30 per cent of those elected to become Fellows of the Royal Society who now live abroad . |
| 6 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 7 | If she had given him time he would have been able to show her passion , he knew , but it was hard for him to relax and act confidently after years of being cowed in a stern loveless household . |
| 8 | If he had lived long enough to see Henry crowned king at Westminster he would have been able to carry out his plan of leaving Anjou to his second son Geoffrey . |
| 9 | On this and many other occasions he would have been able to gauge the strength of local feeling against Richard 's imperious rule . |
| 10 | His sabre , unfortunately , was on the other side of the sepoy ( it was a good thing he had not noticed it because it was so sharp that he would have been able to slice Fleury in two without even pressing ) . |
| 11 | If ever afterwards Creggan had been asked at what moment on that journey north he knew he was free he would have been able to answer precisely . |
| 12 | He would have been able to look at Bracton and the medieval law as well as at Lord Castlehaven 's case . |
| 13 | He would have been able to tell Gould about the wealth of unusual birds around Adelaide , and persuade him of the necessity of collecting in the area . |
| 14 | He would have been able to make ample provision for the future whether or not he survived . |
| 15 | Because that would mean that he would have been able to hold on to his job . |