Example sentences of "he had allowed [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , suddenly , he had an uneasy feeling that he had allowed himself to go a little ‘ over the top ’ . |
| 2 | He could not imagine now , in this brilliant daylight , how he had allowed himself to be so weak . |
| 3 | Either the Führer 's statement , the report went on , meant that he had allowed himself to be badly deceived and was not , therefore , the genius he was always alleged to be ; or he had intentionally lied to the people about rising war production , knowing all the time that saboteurs were at work . |
| 4 | He had allowed himself to be carried away . |
| 5 | ‘ In the post-war years ’ , wrote Randolph 's son , ‘ Randolph remained for ever in debt because of his determination to live in the grand style to which he had allowed himself to become accustomed . ’ |
| 6 | He had allowed himself to hope . |
| 7 | Conversation with Alexei had been limited for the past day to standard matters of duty , and since he had not been able to think of anything which he could say to change his son 's attitude , he had allowed himself to accept that the state of affairs which existed between them was likely to be permanent . |
| 8 | In the RPF years he had allowed himself to get ahead of events . |
| 9 | The first time because he had allowed himself to be called away in the middle of things and had n't been able to supervise the men properly . |