Example sentences of "was [adv] allow [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the holidays I was not allowed to watch at home either . ’ |
| 2 | HE WAS NOT ALLOWED to go to school again until Thursday morning , by which time the missing button had been replaced on the collar of his shirt and he was wearing a pair of smart new shoes of polished black leather and knee-length grey socks with a dark red band around their tops . |
| 3 | Sending Ælfgifu and Swegen to Norway perhaps had its advantages here , and maybe Harold Harefoot was not allowed to live at court , which might partly explain alleged doubts about his identity . |
| 4 | Even if Nicu was intended to be their ultimate successor , he was not allowed to appear as dauphin , particularly not after making the critical remarks to his father about the economic problems and social conditions in Sibiu . |
| 5 | He was buried in Auchinleck kirkyard but , even in death , he was not allowed to rest in peace . |
| 6 | ‘ I was n't allowed to cry in front of her . |
| 7 | From the time of Laurence little work was carried out on the Palace and it was again allowed to fall into decay . |