Example sentences of "[be] allowed [to-vb] [pron] at " in BNC.

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1 The cool thing would be , during the three-day end of year exams , when you 're allowed to do them at home , to be seen drinking the Students ’ Union or in a pub around here , being terribly laid back while everyone else was hunched over their desks in their rooms . ’
2 Mr Bush 's men are trying to establish the administration 's authority : they want to be able to decide freely where the money goes and in what form ; and they want to be allowed to shift it at will from one country , and one programme , to another .
3 Hardest hit are those on lowest incomes , as employers are allowed to pay them at a specially designed low rate .
4 ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’
5 There was nobody else available to take his place in the Chinese dance in Aurora 's Wedding , and John cajoled his way into being allowed to dance it at three performances .
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