Examples of 'they had been able' in a sentence

Meaning of "they had been able"

they had been able - They were capable or successful in achieving something, usually used to denote a past accomplishment or action

How to use "they had been able" in a sentence

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they had been able
They had been able to drive up anything in her.
They wondered how they had been able to lay a thing like me.
They had been able to remove demons.
She was frightened that they had been able to track her down.
They had been able to reach understandings on most of the issues involved.
For more than four days they had been able to obtain no water.
They had been able.
It was the first time they had been able to fly without working hard.
They had been able to break through because we could get no fighter-bomber support.
This was the first time they had been able to tell their story.
If they had been able to open the door the alarm would have gone off.
One rescue worker said it was a miracle they had been able to save her.
By what they had been able to save.
Crying would rob them of the dignity they had been able to earn here.
Luckily they had been able to replenish the water again.

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Why, they thought they were fanatics, but they had been able.
Relieved that they had been able to fulfil her final wish.
If they had been able to do that, perhaps we might have supported the bill.
Lacking a respirator, all they had been able to do was rub his chest.
If they had been able to get in, this is what they would have seen.
Harry and Bill talk about how they had been able to discover Buck 's grave site.
If they had been able to join forces they would have beaten Al-Nahda.
They were happy that they had been able to sacrifice their precious bread.
If they had been able to catch you, you would have been recaptured before her.
Good swimmers if they had been able to swim still further, whereas it.
They had been able to keep their relationship secret until recently, but they have already smitten.
However, with this war, they had been able to level up tremendously.
I wish they had been able to find a guy they liked early.
What a difference if they had been able to hear each other's voices!
Even so, they had been able to safely walk out without encountering any danger.
And if -- if they had been able to take that money.
I wish they had been able to keep this style of movement going in the '50s.
Any which they had been able to find in all their treasure rooms.
I wish that they had been able to save it for its historical significance.
By then they had been able to penetrate deep into Albania.
Nevertheless, they had been able to draw some preliminary conclusions.
Consequently, they had been able to hold private meetings with any detainees they chose.
Even if they had been able to name me 20, what does that tell you?

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