Example sentences of "[verb] as [pron] allow " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights . |
| 2 | Traditional Irish combativeness was nowhere to be seen as they allowed Robert Jones and his back row to steer Wales out of the doldrums . |
| 3 | What dreary offices we inhabit , I thought as I allowed my gaze to travel round this miniature version of my own . |
| 4 | But if the physical violence that Dick Francis writes of so well , without glorying in it , without dismissing it in the way cruder writers do as they allow a hero to leap into action after some terrible beating-up if this does not fire your imagination you can still write suspense novels that will satisfy readers every bit as well . |
| 5 | His voice teased , but there was an undertone of urgent desire which the light words could n't quite conceal , and Kate smiled as she allowed her hands to explore his nakedness . |