She'd very nearly not been able to pull away from him.

I want you to be able to spring from this car at a moment's notice.

But he had not been able to close his eyes the whole night from anxiety on our account.

He was able to tell one of the aliens from another, but only after he'd known him for a while.

I'd never been able to protect myself from it before.

If this child had any ability at all, he would be able to See it, even from the tower.

He'd never been able to keep anything from his older brother anyway.

Why was it that he'd never been able to run away from anything?

But she was able to learn some of it, to use when apart from him.

I was only able to interfere a little, from inside.