Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard . |
| 2 | That summer I thought I was going to be able to work in the shop full-time up until I started at St. Martin 's School of Art in the autumn . |
| 3 | If the Prince was going to be able to live off it when he finished his naval career and support the wife that everyone seemed so desperate for him to acquire , something radical had to be done . |
| 4 | When Sarazen saw him , he decided he gently had to tell Dan that he did not think he was going to be able to carry his bag . |
| 5 | Sometimes Henry wondered whether the junk food industry was going to be able to take the kind of demands Maisie was going to make on it in the years ahead . |
| 6 | Reg Butler sat beside a roaring gas log fire , smoking a fat cigar and wondering when he was going to be able to retire , relax , play golf , take in the odd West End show like other successful men of seventy-two . |
| 7 | So there was no way I was going to be able to step out as well . |
| 8 | Benny was going to be able to go to University College , Dublin , to study for a BA degree because her parents had saved to pay for her . |
| 9 | His only concern at that time was whether his marriage was going to be able to stand up to his time in jail . |
| 10 | However , if I was going to be able to maintain anything like good water quality , an essential requirement in any marine aquarium , my basic marine tank had to be a minimum size of 900 × 380 × 300mm ( 36″ × 15″ × 12″ ) with a capacity of 104 litres ( 23 gallons ) . |
| 11 | Cromwell took his army across St. George 's Channel and led it forward ruthlessly and successfully , and by 1650 it was clear that the English government was going to be able to reconquer the island . |
| 12 | He had done all he could , but the boy was gone — could n't say he blamed him — and if the Irish Republican Brotherhood were sheltering him , then there was no way he was going to be able to make contact with him . |
| 13 | Rostov knew that he was going to be able to kick again long before Alexei was in contact with a surface . |
| 14 | You you and I discussed whether I I was going to be able to do it . |
| 15 | And all his working life his mind was set on when he retired , instead of down doing it , you know , late at night he was going to be able to get up in the morning and do it . |
| 16 | She did n't really know if she was going to be able to take any more , and still give a worthwhile performance . |
| 17 | And without filling the giant-sized hole in her stomach there was no way she was going to be able to go off to sleep . |
| 18 | ‘ Especially when I was shutting myself away until two or three in the morning , so that I was absolutely certain that I was going to be able to go into the studio a few hours later and deliver something that was believable and complete . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was hoping to be able to use my office , ’ Miles said slowly . |
| 20 | Later in the race McCallen fell off at Church Corner , Portrush , but was unhurt and was hoping to be able to take part in the opening Superbike race which followed the 250cc . |
| 21 | Came out without anything inside me and then had this ghastly experience of not , I was , I was banking on being able to get a hot cup of coffee on the train . |