Example sentences of "allowed [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this stage in the Parliament we were deeply unpopular and had allowed ourselves to be painted as a government forcing through doctrinaire policies . |
| 2 | For too long we have allowed ourselves to become bogged down in interminable discussions about organisation both within the classroom and outside it . |
| 3 | In other words , we have allowed ourselves to be brain-washed into avoiding any interpretation of the past that involves extreme and what might be termed " catastrophic " processes . |
| 4 | We have allowed ourselves a little licence with the sauce , ’ Angelina explained . |
| 5 | I see the whole chapter as a subtle but misconceived footnote to Crime and Punishment ; in these pages , instead of brushing past Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov in his return upon the underground man , Dostoevsky has allowed himself to be obstructed by them , and the result is a Stavrogin who compounds Raskolnikov 's bracing himself to enter the police station ‘ as a man ’ and confess with Svidrigailov 's reaching out in all directions , including the far extremes of moral and physical debauchery , in the hope that something , it does n't matter what , will make him unbored . |
| 6 | ‘ Homework , ’ Herr Nordern said with more sympathy than he would normally have allowed himself . |
| 7 | Now , suddenly , he had an uneasy feeling that he had allowed himself to go a little ‘ over the top ’ . |
| 8 | He could not imagine now , in this brilliant daylight , how he had allowed himself to be so weak . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It expressed the feelings he had never allowed himself . |
| 11 | He had even allowed himself to be irritated by Patrick 's impudent image of himself as Marcus 's dog . |
| 12 | One afternoon , Mr Charles to his shame and regret had allowed himself to become inebriated in the company of two fellow guests — gentlemen I shall merely call Mr Smith and Mr Jones since they are likely to be still remembered in certain circles . |
| 13 | At this stage , David Stirling might perhaps have allowed himself a moment or two of self-congratulation . |
| 14 | ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time . |
| 15 | He had allowed himself to be carried away . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | It was a question Jed had never allowed himself before . |
| 18 | Although Dustin is perfectly able to portray nastiness , he has never allowed himself to be other than sympathetic to audiences in whatever he has done . |
| 19 | How had he allowed himself to be landed with such a sickly , dependent boy , but Willie was sick with excitement , not fear . |
| 20 | Now that his consciousness was changed , how could he possibly have allowed himself to speculate about its identity , postpone the means of putting his mind at rest and then , ostrich-like , avoid the issue altogether ? |
| 21 | Lewis , sensibly , had allowed himself a lot of time . |
| 22 | Another strange picture hung in Hilbert 's room , one that Adam had never allowed himself to think about . |
| 23 | It was ultimately Craig 's responsibility and yet he had stood back and allowed himself to be duped and Emily 's father to be ruined . |
| 24 | He had allowed himself to hope . |
| 25 | He had been discovered by a member of the crew and rather than be handed over to US Immigration officials had allowed himself to be buggered by three of the sailors , including the Captain . |
| 26 | Although the French may have persuaded themselves that they were moving as fast as they could towards the ‘ perfection ’ of Vietnamese independence , it was perhaps indulgent of Acheson to have allowed himself to be persuaded as well . |
| 27 | ' ’ Giulia is old now and papa has persuaded himself that he is ; he has allowed himself to slip into old age . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Not because he 'd been provoked or excited ; on the contrary , it had happened because he 'd allowed himself to relax , to lessen his control and to become open and vulnerable . |
| 30 | Indeed , had Fei Yen not been in the boat , he would have allowed himself to concede that Wu Tsai was herself quite beautiful . |