Example sentences of "[noun prp] allow himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cotton allowed himself to be mollified . |
| 2 | It has been claimed that Aindow allowed himself to be struck on the leg to support the false story that he had been hit by the car . |
| 3 | Edward allowed himself to be swept by his particular tide , and spent the next few hours in a blur of short motor trips , a meal , many drinks , shouted insults , conversations . |
| 4 | Jenkins allowed himself to be convinced that ‘ some battle had to be fought ’ . |
| 5 | Unable to impose himself , Clarence allowed himself to be bought off before returning home through Bordeaux , plundering on the way . |
| 6 | There was a gradual movement towards the door and Patrick allowed himself to be carried with it . |
| 7 | Martin allowed himself to be magnanimous . |
| 8 | Piper allowed himself to be threaded back into his jacket . |
| 9 | It was amazing , really , thought Robert , that Dr Ali allowed himself to be anywhere near a place as fundamentally un-Islamic as Wimbledon . |
| 10 | At his most impressionable , Nicholas allowed himself to be talked into publicity stunts that horribly backfired . |