Example sentences of "[not/n't] be able to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not be able to stomach it . ’ |
| 2 | Daemon spawn wo n't be able to home in and manifest themselves . |
| 3 | His eyes were small , but as shrewd as any Topaz had seen and she knew she would n't be able to gull him . |
| 4 | Well you wo n't be able to orgasm on it , okay ? sexuality |
| 5 | Modules , in this sense , do not have access to the contents of other modules and , in Carl Hewitt of MIT 's immortal words , ‘ modules should n't be able to dicker around with the insides of their neighbours ’ . |
| 6 | only I want to send this packet over now look with the baby coat and all that well I wo n't be able to post it tomorrow cos it wo n't be ready |
| 7 | ‘ So I 'm terribly sorry , but I wo n't be able to c — ’ I break off on hearing a low moan then an uninterrupted wailing noise , followed by the gnashing of elderly dentures , the grinding of elderly cheek muscles , the solid thud of arthritic knees hitting tufted twistpile , some steady gasping and choking noises , then worst of all , the terrible silence of a condemned committee member : |