Example sentences of "was able [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long period of housing the stock meant that the farmer was able to carry out the necessary work in the mornings and evenings . |
| 2 | She was able to carry out the simple reward programme which worked very well and then progressed to rewarding Luke for passing a motion in the lavatory . |
| 3 | After fumbling for several minutes , his arms aching desperately , he was able to push up the catch . |
| 4 | Ace filled in gaps for her as they talked about his long climb up to Formula One and his present position , and because of her background she was able to fill in the bare facts that he offered . |
| 5 | The difference was that the teacher in the first group really related to the material and to the children , and she had understood the underlying purpose and challenge of RE and was able to point up the discussion , listening carefully to what the children said and leading them on in their thinking . |
| 6 | Although badly-injured with four bullets inside him , Pc Kelly was able to call up the SOS code number . |
| 7 | He made a few enquiries and was able to track down the thieves . |
| 8 | Once the Zodiac was in motion he was able to ease out the sheet . |
| 9 | A few years later , with Atari in deep financial trouble , Nintendo was able to take over the US market too . |
| 10 | Kammerer must have been imposing such intense selection on such a large sample of eggs that he was able to filter out the odd egg that carried the remnant complex of genes still present in the species ' gene pool at very low frequencies . |
| 11 | Both his sisters kissed him — another first — and Kitty had to have her hand prised out of his before Charlie was able to pick up the brown paper parcel that contained all his worldly goods . |
| 12 | Owen was able to pick out the speaker . |
| 13 | Each subject was able to adjust both the height and the angle of a toilet seat by remote control . |
| 14 | Once his eyes became accustomed to the gloom he was able to make out the double curve of the banister as it snaked from the dark first-floor landing into the inky blackness of the main stairwell . |
| 15 | He looked across the field cum river bank in the general direction of civilisation , and with the aid of the moonlight was able to make out the familiar gables of the Blue Boar , a hundred yards away . |
| 16 | As the sun came up and he was able to make out the grassy track along which he had been striding through the night he realised that once again he had missed the verderers , that there were no fresh hoof-marks . |
| 17 | Even before the debate took place , The Times was able to sum up the situation accurately : |
| 18 | That the Thatcher Government was able to spin out the dispute into a second year was seen by many as an indication that teachers were somewhat irresponsible . |
| 19 | In the 1830s and early 1840s Palmerston was able to handle both the Belgian question and the Near Eastern crises of 1832 – 33 and 1839 – 41 with little interference from parliament , so that in 1839 an acute observer of British politics could say with much justification that " foreign affairs are never discussed except at the House of Lords " . |
| 20 | The front panels were clad with shiplap , and because only fairly short pieces were needed , I was able to cut away the ends where the shiplap had previously been nailed . |
| 21 | Later he was able to bring in the malcontent Thakin , Tun Ok . |
| 22 | Two months later he was able to bring down the Government , and Lord Malmesbury took over as Foreign Secretary in the new Conservative administration . |
| 23 | Fortunately , being so close to the bathroom , I was able to rinse out the plastic waste-basket he was forced to use whenever his cramps got too bad . |
| 24 | An exasperated Galileo was able to show up the inadequacy of his rival 's position in a characteristically witty way . |
| 25 | Bach classified these bacteria into seven different groups , from each of which he prepared a vaccine , and he was able to work out the temperaments associated with each group . |
| 26 | It was her left arm , however , so she was able to write out the application to my dictation , and I got someone else to type it . |
| 27 | Healey was able to pay back the first instalment of £2 billion to the IMF with some ease , and indeed the full IMF loan proved to be unnecessary , while income-tax allowances were raised and a bonus for Christmas could be afforded for old-age pensions . |