Example sentences of "allow his [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Montgomery sipped his coffee appreciatively and allowed his gaze to wander round the cool green room until it reached the languid man draped in the chair opposite . |
| 2 | Canon Wheeler allowed his eye to wander around the handsome room lit by the full , secure English sunlight and gazed for a moment through the window at the spire of Medewich 's beautiful Cathedral . |
| 3 | One of the members [ almost certainly Francis Maginn ] intended to urge the adoption of the word " deaf " only at the Congress , but seeing that it would only cause much loss of time to no purpose he allowed his motion to drop for the present . |
| 4 | Trapped between twin terrors , he allowed his body to sink within the folds of jackets and overcoats . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm ravenous after all that exercise , ’ he announced , allowing his glance to flicker over the hastily buttoned blouse . |
| 6 | This golfer has allowed his weight to remain on the left side and , worse still , has allowed his right leg to straighten . |