Example sentences of "[pers pn] allow himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process is analogous to a buyer at an auction paying more than he can afford because he allows himself to be swept along by the bidding . |
| 2 | With less alacrity he allowed himself to be guided across the other lane of the avenue , on to the safety of the pavement , and to an oddly impressive square , framed by the Catholic Cathedral , the Opera House , and the old Royal Library . |
| 3 | He watched their departure through a spreading mist , and when the last car had gone and the avenue was silent except for the long sigh of grass , he allowed himself to be taken back to his room . |
| 4 | It was as if poets owed an explanation to the audience for being what they were , to bring creatures apart down to the level of ordinary folks ; as if the poet might be indulged his little failings and eccentricities as long as he allowed himself to be democratically mauled in public by thoughtless questioners or — even worse , much worse — by fellow-poets or by those who had poetic pretensions and who found in ‘ question time ’ an opportunity to assuage their jealousy or seek revenge for their own incompetence and mediocrity . |
| 5 | Linguistically , the text presented no challenge , as he allowed himself to be guided by the two translations already in use in the Anglican liturgy , those of the Book of Common prayer psalter , and the Authorised Version of the Bible . |
| 6 | He allowed himself to be hustled into the background of affairs by men with narrower views and nearer objectives . " |
| 7 | What machinations might not his rivals — other MPs and would-be MPs in his constituency — engage in behind his back if he allowed himself to be so absorbed in parliamentary affairs as to be negligent in the continuous wooing of his voters ? |
| 8 | She would be seated in front of his desk before he allowed himself to be near her ; then he would lean against the same side of the desk as she . |
| 9 | Afraid and thrown in turmoil he allowed himself to be drawn away , but he could not push that lovely face from his thoughts . |
| 10 | He allowed himself to be driven towards one wall by a new series of attacks , then kicked , rolled , and dived forward under Alexei 's guard . |
| 11 | He allowed himself to be filmed on television absent-mindedly pouring a bottle of Petrus into the stew . |
| 12 | He allowed himself to be groped by motherly women crammed into uniforms of the kind which once might have been issued to the Croatian National Guard , and entered the ante-hall of the conference centre with a quite irrational lifting of the spirit . |
| 13 | In early 1942 , for example , he allowed himself to be photographed with Madame de Gaulle in a domestic " off-duty " setting . |
| 14 | After a hard-hitting first round in which both boxers traded body punches , the initiative ebbed away from Hopper in the second as he allowed himself to be drawn into a slugging match instead of using his jab . |
| 15 | How had he allowed himself to be landed with such a sickly , dependent boy , but Willie was sick with excitement , not fear . |
| 16 | Absurd , of course , but then the question emerges : Did he allow himself to be used ? |
| 17 | How could he allow himself to be diverted , when her integrity was at stake ? |