Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [prep] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now , the soft clicks coming with typical irregularity , he listened to them painfully and let his mind slide back ten years to what he must remember , to the truth he must recall if he were going to be able to tell lies . |
| 2 | ‘ Actually , ’ Doone said calmly , ‘ he is known to be able to drive his father 's jeep on the Downs expertly , and my men have discovered he was out of school last Wednesday afternoon on a field trip to Windsor Safari Park . |
| 3 | Erm the only way he is going to be able to do that is when his dead . |
| 4 | He is expected to be able to vote in the crucial Maastricht Treaty referendum on Sunday . |
| 5 | When Sarazen saw him , he decided he gently had to tell Dan that he did not think he was going to be able to carry his bag . |
| 6 | Reg Butler sat beside a roaring gas log fire , smoking a fat cigar and wondering when he was going to be able to retire , relax , play golf , take in the odd West End show like other successful men of seventy-two . |
| 7 | He had done all he could , but the boy was gone — could n't say he blamed him — and if the Irish Republican Brotherhood were sheltering him , then there was no way he was going to be able to make contact with him . |
| 8 | Rostov knew that he was going to be able to kick again long before Alexei was in contact with a surface . |
| 9 | And all his working life his mind was set on when he retired , instead of down doing it , you know , late at night he was going to be able to get up in the morning and do it . |