Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | For £200 , I expect to be able to buy something that 's good-looking and well-designed . |
| 2 | That bid is at the final stage of its examination and I expect to be able to make an announcement soon . |
| 3 | I expect to be able to report to the House soon the results of the review of the first year of the new European Standing Committees after the Select Committee on Procedure has reported . |
| 4 | I want to be able to write to you again — soon — and tell you how our projects are developing — not just in Vietnam , but across the world . |
| 5 | I want to be able to secure the white eight spokes onto my SWB IIA , but can not find a Net of locking wheel nuts to fit . |
| 6 | I 've got to admit , I want to be able to do that too ! ’ |
| 7 | I heard a piece by Sibelius and I thought , ‘ This is wonderful — I want to be able to have this skill . ’ |
| 8 | I want to be able to sit with friends around a dinner table and not think about what I am doing . |
| 9 | I want to be able to get away from it . ’ |
| 10 | " By morning , I want to be able to tell my son where he was . |
| 11 | I want to be able to look out of the window and see other people . |
| 12 | I entirely reject it because I want to be able to help my constituents to achieve their natural and legitimate aspirations . |
| 13 | I want to be able to go to his grave on the day of his death . |
| 14 | He says when I go home tonight I want to be able to have water from my taps — and I want my children and my grand-children to have the water they need to live . |
| 15 | Jane Mahmoud , of Harrogate , said : ‘ I am a single parent with two children , and I want to be able to support myself . |
| 16 | But we have booked with her , she knows it 's coming , but I want to be able to start when she wants to start , . |
| 17 | Well I want to be able to do that easily . |
| 18 | The Pilot Survey showed some monitoring , further standardisation of the equipment was essential , mainly though , I 'm going to make sure all schools have got the same pipes and connector and I 'm going to give them some solutions to test because there was a bit of variation between schools , and there will be variation geographically , so I want to be able to have a measure of any error that will be involved as well . |
| 19 | The only place I seemed to be able to reach you was in bed . |
| 20 | So the only way I seemed to be able to keep Arthur was to become dependent on him . ’ |
| 21 | Something in that dark brown gaze of his seemed to be able to squeeze the truth out of her . |
| 22 | But if you think that such a belief is necessary in order for a patient to gain benefit from past-life regression therapy , you are wrong — as I hope to be able to explain in this chapter . |
| 23 | I have , in part answered the question , ‘ why the body ? ’ and I hope to be able to answer it more fully by using a different approach . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope to be able to use my kicking game at Leeds . |
| 25 | I hope to be able to illustrate to you that they were both right . |
| 26 | I hope to be able to open the scheme to more practices soon . |
| 27 | I hope to be able to discuss it further with him in the not-too-distant future . |
| 28 | I hope to be able to deal with some of his comments because , as Chairman of the Select Committee on Trade and Industry , I share his grave concern about the future of manufacturing and trade in this country . |
| 29 | I hope to be able to call every hon. Member who wishes to speak before then , provided that single , brief questions are asked . |
| 30 | Although I do not have a magic wand , I hope to be able to establish some means of providing the physical back-up that you would like to receive from the Society and to start the ball rolling I am compiling a list of all the ways in which you have been supported or would like to have been supported , in the past plus suggestions for the future . |