Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Hunt was able to capitalize on his absence and even when he came back to racing , Niki was hampered in his driving by the healing of his scars , particularly about his eyes . |
| 2 | She did n't tell him that was the only way she had been able to cope with his absence , by blocking him out completely and refusing even to acknowledge his existence . |
| 3 | Their father was one of the first beneficiaries , and the whole family was able to gather at his 100th birthday party . |
| 4 | Finally Mozart was able to report to his father that he had given a concert , and that his takings , before expenses , were 90 gulden . |
| 5 | Early that summer the new curate took up his duties , and Father McGiff at last was able to sit at his desk of an evening and compose himself for his planned period of meditation . |
| 6 | Lawren was therefore well off and able to indulge in his favourite pastime of painting . |
| 7 | There he was able to indulge in his favourite recreation , fishing for salmon in the waters of the Wye . |
| 8 | They frequently flew together in the two-seater bi-plane , covering large sections of the south coast and Keitel had been able to indulge in his interest for aerial photography . |
| 9 | I want to be able to go to his grave on the day of his death . |
| 10 | If anything he was able to go about his duties as if he had been given carte blanche . |
| 11 | More than anything , Wilson misses the fun and games that he should be able to enjoy with his three young children , and that he did enjoy , before the symptoms began . |
| 12 | The youth … is capable of having principles ; his religious and moral ideas can be cultivated , and he is able to attend to his own refinement . |
| 13 | The only lodgings James had been able to afford were so squalid he had scarcely been able to concentrate on his studies for the cold each winter , and the thought of a house and a wife to warm his bed had been added incentive to pursue marriage plans with Maud Rollerson . |
| 14 | Peter is also anxious to know when the results might be available so that he can " get sorted out " and be able to concentrate on his business . |
| 15 | After he had beaten off three attacks to retake Aden , Haines was able to concentrate on his plans for turning a ramshackle town where 600 people , nearly half Jews , lived in squalor into the main entrepôt for Arabia and East Africa . |
| 16 | Though dogged by ill health in later years he was still able to work in his particularly single-minded way , largely because of the devotion of his wife Mitzi whom he met during the war , while serving with the Royal Engineers . |
| 17 | He had wondered , also , how much the mediciner had been able to guess about his own mind and nature . |
| 18 | Let the Staff College student consider how Harris was able to conjure from his original strength of 374 front line aircraft , and in a few months have some 1,047 aircraft set course for Koln in order to devastate 600 acres of the city ( plus the admirals and generals in Whitehall ) . |
| 19 | Both before and after this decision I was able to benefit from his friendship and advice . |
| 20 | It was also during this period that primitive man undoubtedly arrived at the time when he was able to communicate with his fellows with developing abilities more effective than those available to the rest of living creatures . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's my own fault because I gave the main character the same birthday as me , so I 'd know how much he would be able to remember of his past . |
| 22 | Because of the many opportunities that a designer has of seeing many types and design of kitchen equipment in action , he is able to pick for his client the best type and design for the job in hand . |
| 23 | She was able to talk to his teacher , and when the teasing and probing of insensitive schoolfriends became hard to handle , Robert was able to talk about this with Theresa — he did n't want to burden his parents with it . |
| 24 | His GP should also be able to put him in touch with his local ‘ Stroke Club , ’ where he 'll be able to talk about his problems and progress with people in the same situation as himself . |
| 25 | She guessed he found it intriguing to be able to talk about his consuming interest in the sport with a girl who not only knew what he was talking about , but could actually offer opinions that were interesting . |
| 26 | Central to child-rearing from the cultural point of view , as we have seen , is that by the time he is six or seven the child should have been able to recapitulate within his own personal psychological development the development history of his culture . |
| 27 | For the next two years the King lived in various places , sometimes treated as a prisoner , sometimes as an honoured guest , but hardly ever able to consult with his most trusted advisers . |
| 28 | So , on this interpretation , for the rehabilitated child , a children 's hearing might be able to look into his social background until the spent offence and after the rehabilitation period is completed , but would be unable to investigate the offence , the previous hearing or hearings , and the child 's response to supervision or training . |
| 29 | " Do you regret what you 've done ? " she asked , moving around so that she was able to look at his face . |
| 30 | Much thought and innovation has gone into the boat : too much , his rivals suggest , for Benedict to be able to stick to his £2,500 price estimate . |