Example sentences of "you [modal v] [be] able to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you may be able to partially retire and start drawing part of your pension — then draw your full pension when you stop work completely . |
| 2 | If the level of this is set too high , there may be an adjuster which controls it , or you may be able to simply bend the float arm down to the correct level . |
| 3 | You may be able to if : |
| 4 | ‘ I regret , I ca n't help you there but ’ — the Archdeacon turned to Theodora with his courteous smile — ‘ I believe you may be able to , Miss Braithwaite . ’ |
| 5 | And this is where I think you may be able to be of service to me . ’ |
| 6 | If you said well you ca n't apply this time , you may be able to in three years time but pragmatists they like something that they can take away and then put into practice straight away and they can try out . |
| 7 | You may be able to , but you might have trouble with your |
| 8 | Unfortunately the people er involved in the associations we were trying to block people joining , if , if you were wealthy in any way or if you had er you were a landlord they did n't want you to be , to be er a member of this cos I think there was fear that if you were to join you may be able to , yeah |
| 9 | You must be able to water start with ease and have enough confidence to gybe in front of a breaking wave . |
| 10 | I think you should be able to . ’ |
| 11 | You should be able to ‘ see ’ your audience in your mind 's eye . |
| 12 | Gradually you should be able to phase out the tangible reinforcers when tantrums are no longer a major part of her repertoire . |
| 13 | If you have kept the elastic stretched enough you should be able to now lift your restraining thumb and use two hands to wrap the elastic round and round , working up to the eye and past it , holding in the lapels firmly under the stretched elastic . |
| 14 | Appropriate action must take place at once — you are dealing with realities , not wish-fulfilment , so you should be able to be sympathetic but firm . |
| 15 | Yeah I think I think have a go at those , you should be able to . |
| 16 | But as a as a member of his club you should be able to you should you should be able to bring power to bear on the er the top bod should n't you ? |
| 17 | But you should have I mean you should be able to I would have though in a year |
| 18 | Should it be as many as seven times and Jesus had replied both no , no you should be able to forgive forgive them seven times , it should be seventy times in other words stop thinking about counting and just get on with the forgiving . |
| 19 | Yeah but sh he should I mean on the road , you should be able to just write in and say , I want this to happen . |
| 20 | Yeah , you should be able to . |
| 21 | You should be able to white on little furniture . |
| 22 | You should be able to . |
| 23 | You are a catholic you should be able to . |
| 24 | Well you should be able to . |
| 25 | You should be able to , occasionally . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose you might be able to , after a time , if you wanted to , ’ he said . |
| 27 | You might be able to some of it because it grows ever so easily you know . |
| 28 | ‘ You might be able to . |
| 29 | Once plugged in , you 'll be able to swiftly and quietly open and close your curtains at the touch of a button . |
| 30 | ‘ When you want to use them , you 'll be able to , ’ said Dickon . |