Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might be able to swing you a season ticket , why ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Let me see your jewels , I might be able to find you a buyer who will give you a good price . |
| 3 | ‘ Aye , got better than that , William Davies , ’ Hari said , ‘ come on , I might be able to find you a bit of soup as well as some bread . ‘ |
| 4 | In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in . |
| 5 | In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in . |
| 6 | Erm , so you might be able to sell her a monitor . |
| 7 | That helps me a lot and I find I 'm able to assert myself a bit more . |
| 8 | If she keeps that up I will be able to buy myself a couple of books from the alcove book shop by the end of the summer . |
| 9 | Just leave it to me said Mr Grover I think between us and with the help of some of our friends in the market we shall be able to give everybody a Christmas to remember . |
| 10 | But there are plenty of predatory young women around , whom he might think would be able to give him a son … |
| 11 | There 's a couple of friends I know who might be able to give me a bed for the night . |
| 12 | Well Siobhan might be able to give me a lift , me and |
| 13 | But she remembers very well and erm she was able to give me a lot of personal details about the movement in nineteen nineteen . |
| 14 | Cos Jim 'll be at work , he wo n't be able to give them a lift in the car . |
| 15 | The great majority are not even aware of it , let alone able to give it a name . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll call you tomorrow , ’ said Lucy , then she whispered , ‘ Only I may not be able to give you a date . ’ |
| 17 | We hope that in this Lenten Appeal we 've been able to give you a sense of that . |
| 18 | ‘ Then I am able to give you a reassurance , madam , ’ he said . |
| 19 | We will have recorded the interviews with the children a week earlier and should be able to give you a transcript of their answers . |
| 20 | I think that 's what Eve would have been telling you had she been able to give you a ring … . ’ |
| 21 | A solicitor may also be able to give you a recommendation . |
| 22 | I may be able to give you a thing about it actually , if I 've still got one . |
| 23 | In the cafe she found Fosdyke nursing a malt whisky ( 'Kept for me specially by Carlo because I was once able to do him a favour' ) and the children occupied with a Space Invader machine for which he had advanced them hundred lire pieces . |
| 24 | And so I decided that this was rather an unfair situation — why should n't women be able to do what a man did ? |
| 25 | Unfortunately this means that we are not able to send you a copy , but suggest that your university might be interested in investing in a copy once the 4th edition becomes available next year . |
| 26 | I am delighted to be able to send you a copy of the report prepared by my review group called ‘ Building on Ability : Sport for people with disabilities ’ . |
| 27 | By 1800 hours we are able to call it a day . |
| 28 | When one of the men he had employed as a ploughman in the autumn came to the farm , more in hope than the expectation of finding any work , Seb was able to offer him a day 's pay . |
| 29 | I might be able to offer him a lift . |
| 30 | TRI-R hangers will not be available in the shops for some time , but we 're able to offer you a chance to try two different versions of this exciting wall-hanging system . |