Example sentences of "i [vb mod] to be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it . |
| 2 | You know , I ought to be able to order one of you to do this shadow nonsense . ’ |
| 3 | And as I become … and as I remain … more relaxed … and less tense each day … so I will develop much more confidence in myself … more confidence in my ability to do … not only what I have to do each day … more confidence in my ability to do whatever I ought to be able to do … without fear of failure … without fear of consequences … without unnecessary anxiety … without uneasiness . |
| 4 | I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 5 | To which he , Wittgenstein , replies , ‘ But if it meant that , then I ought to know it , I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 6 | ‘ I ought to be able to sort this out on my own . ’ |
| 7 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 8 | Now , if you 'll let me get to work while there 's still light , I ought to be able to confirm what I suspected when I first saw her — ’ He paused , bending over the body , a long hardwood implement in his hand . |
| 9 | If I 'm not bothered , I ought to be able to get going . |
| 10 | ‘ I ought to be able to handle him on my own , Willi . ’ |
| 11 | So I ought to be able to work out the difference between them . |
| 12 | ‘ Yeah , I used to be able to play with the slide at the 12th fret and reach all the way back to hit the top string at the seventh fret with my first finger . |
| 13 | I used to be able to go to a park and swim , or check out a ball to play with , because they had a part-time supervisor there , then they take that away and the park becomes a land mass , then it becomes a turf , you see ? |
| 14 | Before the clampdown , I used to be able to score round here , there was that many places that you can score really . |
| 15 | ‘ I used to be able to do everything my friends did , ’ she says . |
| 16 | ‘ I used to be able to walk thirteen paces every way on the raft ; and now it 's only twelve . ’ |
| 17 | I used to be able to do this and come out chuckling . ’ |
| 18 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 19 | I used to be able to , but just lately I 've found it 's impossible ; once I 'm awake I start worrying about the silliest things . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm old , I know I 'm old and I ca n't do all the things that I used to be able to do . |
| 21 | I used to be able to do it , I forgot how do my fingers go now . |
| 22 | No , I fucking once upon a time I used to be able to do it . |
| 23 | certainly ca n't manage what I used to be able |
| 24 | I used to be able to do that . |
| 25 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |
| 26 | I used to be able to go to bed early and go to sleep . |
| 27 | I used to be able quite regular . |