Sentence examples for able to do was from inspiring English sources

What I was able to do was in live time.

Lacking a respirator, all they had been able to do was rub his chest.

"All she was able to do was move one arm," he said, his voice quavering.

What I wanted to be able to do was live Jewishly in an integrated way.

One of the things he wanted to be able to do was type letters to newspapers.

What we were able to do was circulate the ball and be patient.

Yentob told the festival: "[What] we ought to be able to do is enable creativity.

"All I want to be able to do is run against clean athletes fairly.

All I want to be able to do is push a good project, with talented people.

One thing I haven't been able to do is convince them they are good enough.

What magazines have not been able to do is to provide reliable measures of effectiveness.