Example sentences of "not allow him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have liked to join them as he was tired of being a lurking Briton but his sense of loyalty would not allow him to defect to the other side . |
| 2 | It would not allow him to go . |
| 3 | But as the field swung away from the stands for the first time it became clear that the grey would not have matters entirely to his liking , for first Kildimo and then Ten Of Spades kept him close company and would not allow him to dominate affairs . |
| 4 | Whenever Annunciata came to fetch the child she was firm : he must go at once or otherwise his mother would be displeased and might not allow him to come at all . |
| 5 | His wife has given up work as a secretary to stay at home with their three young children , yet the law does not allow him to take up her full tax allowance . |
| 6 | He knew the Headmaster would not allow him to leave the school , not even in his good mood . |
| 7 | He had been put under the tutelage of Sergeant Bragg , a great bear of a man , a man whose principles would not allow him to stoop to the self-serving tactics of his superiors . |
| 8 | While you can substitute another activity for one the patient wants to abandon , you should not allow him to stop and do nothing . |
| 9 | On the other hand , his political opponents suffered too : Lord Lytton 's speech was so bad that many people had great difficulty in understanding him , and because his deafness did not allow him to take part in debates , everyone was often forced to wait until the next day for any reply from Lord Lytton because he would insist on reading what had been said in Hansard , the Parliamentary publication , before making his own speech . |
| 10 | This is because his present stance does not allow him to move freely into the ball . |
| 11 | Augustus Melmotte , the rich entrepreneur hero of the book , feared his debts would not allow him to go on living anywhere , and killed himself . |
| 12 | Outspoken ENB member Jim McIntegart threatened the UKCC with a High Court Injunction if it did not allow him to describe himself as an RMN . |
| 13 | Where James might well have preferred to be a private man , it was quite clear that circumstances would not allow him to become one . |
| 14 | Whenever a stranger approaches , we can not allow him to enter our private area until we are sure he is safe and friendly , because , if he is not , he will easily be able to surprise us with a sudden attack . |
| 15 | Already he has smashed poor Ahn 's body to a pulp and is disgusted that his master will not allow him to finish . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They said they would not allow him to come otherwise so here I am , ’ says Marci . |
| 17 | In his hooded hand he felt a terrible clutching cramp that would not allow him to move his fingers . |
| 18 | He left because he had decided that his conscience could not allow him to take part in military action arising from the Gulf crisis . |
| 19 | But in addition , when they reached Lyons , the king 's messenger told Anselm that the king would not allow him to return to England unless he promised to observe the customs of the kingdom as they had been in the time of Rufus . |
| 20 | I will not allow him to suffer . |
| 21 | Of course he was the genuine article , a great champion whose pride would not allow him to give anything but his best . |
| 22 | The error in the phenomenological approach of Berger is that it does not allow him to see that one of the social processes which affects the success of some theories , in terms of their historical effects , is precisely the process of rational discussion and truth-testing which occurs in science . |
| 23 | Unfortunately his work as art adviser did not allow him much time to paint , but some years ago , moving from urban to country surroundings , he found himself most excited by the wild moors and dales of Yorkshire , and once more began to paint . |
| 24 | She would not allow him to see her face . |
| 25 | She would not allow him to sidle away into the night leaving her to kow-tow to an irate Spittals in the morning . |
| 26 | Linton wrote a long letter back , explaining that his father would not allow him to do that . |
| 27 | The build-up of frustration he had felt since he lost the part would not allow him to be silent . |
| 28 | She would not allow him to spoil her evening ! |
| 29 | He is regretful of his position all along and knows full well the hopelessness of the situation but at the same time his stubbornness and pride will not allow him to repent . |
| 30 | Satan was never wronged nor despised in Heaven ; the exaltation of the son was meant for the good of all the angels but he was so stupid his pride would not allow him to tolerate the unintentional insult . |