Example sentences of "[verb] able [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she has any problems in her relationship with the man you married , she should feel able to talk about these privately with you , knowing that because you love them both you are prepared to accept her negative feelings , and to try to help her to understand his personality and attitudes better , in the light of your knowledge of him , his family , his upbringing , and the events that have shaped his life . |
| 2 | The discovery in Charlie 's garden on that May morning fourteen years ago was just another reminder of the layers — the heritage — we all dwell upon yet seem able to ignore with such ease . |
| 3 | They seem able to communicate with each other without words and are extremely sensitive to atmosphere . |
| 4 | If you feel able to respond to this request , the Regional Council will of course be most happy to pay your copying and other administrative charges . |
| 5 | If you feel able to help with this or any other aspect of organising the forum please contact any committee member . |
| 6 | He felt able to deal with this . |
| 7 | During the day he felt able to cope with any development , however disconcerting . |
| 8 | The lectures which he delivered in America on this visit are not of crucial critical significance and , like other addresses of the same period , they are chiefly remarkable for the fact that he felt able to talk at some length about himself and his work — as if he realized that audiences came to see him , rather than hear anything he might care to say . |
| 9 | He did n't seem able to agree with this version of his people 's history . |