Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [adv] [be] able " in BNC.

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1 Sor if I sorted out being able to book at this restaurant which only is about I 'd be in
2 What , really , has it done for Daisy — if I had not been able to help materially ?
3 But I can assure you that I would n't have lasted five minutes in what , by any standards , is a very tricky and difficult market if I had n't been able to cope with the work .
4 Thank you for all your contributions over the last year , and please accept my apologies if I have n't been able to use an article that you 've sent , hopefully the next issue will contain those for which due to lack of space I was unable to include this time .
5 And if she had n't been able to judge this from their dress , she would have from their voices as , one following the other , they said , ‘ Good evening . ’
6 She always said she could n't have gone to Brownies at all if she had n't been able to cycle , for the distance was too far for her to walk , and there was no bus .
7 Perhaps ‘ persuasive ’ is the best note to end on : if you end up being able to write a report which analyses the problem convincingly and persuades your superiors to let you try to solve it your way , then our objective will have been achieved !
8 But if you 'd also been able to identify me then they would certainly have initiated an investigation .
9 Your list of questions will be a considerable help in these cases as there will be obvious gaps to come back to if you have not been able to fill in a percentage answer .
10 When you live alone , where you keep your money and how you can reach it , is exceptionally important , because you do not have a live-in partner to borrow from if you have not been able to go to the bank .
11 Far more pupils are taken on than can hope to succeed in practice , and if you have not been able to impress any barrister sufficiently with your qualities to be taken on , it may perhaps be for the best that you are forced to look to a different career at this juncture .
12 If you have not been able to come to Q.T. Days for a while , please try to come during the new session .
13 Mossad is different , but it 's fair to assume that if it has n't been able to put someone into Iraq to kill Saddam , then it 's next to impossible to do so .
14 When that happened it meant he was drunk , sprawled out on the sofa if he had n't been able to reach the bed .
15 If he had n't been able to , it does n't bear thinking about . ’
16 He was a quiet baby , watchful , with a stillness about him which , if he had not been able to crawl and stand and almost walk , would have been a cause for concern .
17 I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him .
18 If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months .
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