Sentence examples for were able to nab from inspiring English sources

"We were able to nab three main culprits," the general said at the news conference.

The most recent story: we were able to nab a resident who we had long suspected of allowing their dog to go to the bathroom in the hallway.

The Confederates, for the most part, were able to nab the high ground: Jackson on Prospect Hill, Longstreet and the Confederate First Corps on Marye's Heights.

The report said that the perpetrators were able to nab PINs while the ATM was communicating with the backend system that processes transactions.

Brinkley told the sheriff that it was all Crawford's fault, and gave investigators enough information that they were able to nab Crawford in Pocatello.

Third, currency glitches or sudden currency fluctuations may cause displayed fares to drop drastically, such as happened when the ruble's value bottomed out and users were able to nab flights to Russia for up to 20% off.

If he only he had been able to nab the great DeAndre Jordan, everything could have changed.

Male members of both their families had joked that they ought to be able to nab somebody.

But the world's most experienced terror fighters have not been able to nab beforehand the kid with the knife, the lone killer with a hijacked bulldozer.

Toy Story 2 was able to nab at least some showtimes at 240 of them and did well to achieve that many bookings.

Several collectors were on the premises, including one of the only serious collectors the R.S.P.B. had never been able to nab.