Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 2 | Once on the ferry , Amanda and he had gone to the snack-bar and eaten prepacked sausage rolls and washed them down with beer ; she seemed to be able to drink quantities without degenerating into giggles like one or two earlier companions . |
| 3 | Most of all she did n't like being too far from town to join a Brownie Guide Pack — and even now , when she looked like being able to get into the town , she could n't join the Brownie Pack ! |
| 4 | She had to be able to liaise with the local authorities , professionals in the social services , and people with specialist knowledge who worked on the Advisory Boards . |
| 5 | She hoped to be able to see him again , more privately , before her departure . |
| 6 | She would see– him occasionally for the rest of her life , and she wanted to be able to chat to him , invite him for more games of chess , more visits to historic gardens . |
| 7 | She wanted to be able to sit there and be like them , to sit there and sip Coke and not to have to worry about whether she would laugh at the right moments . |
| 8 | Being able to say these difficult , and intensely private things to her mother before the funeral was the trigger she wanted to be able to grieve genuinely and begin to feel the loss of her mother , rather than nurse the resentment she had had for so many years . |
| 9 | She wanted to be able to hate him again , and she was looking for reasons . |