Example sentences of "allowed [pn reflx] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For too long we have allowed ourselves to become bogged down in interminable discussions about organisation both within the classroom and outside it . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Now , suddenly , he had an uneasy feeling that he had allowed himself to go a little ‘ over the top ’ . |
| 4 | Mark knows he has allowed himself to go to seed a bit . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In the RPF years he had allowed himself to get ahead of events . |
| 7 | Another strange picture hung in Hilbert 's room , one that Adam had never allowed himself to think about . |
| 8 | ' ’ Giulia is old now and papa has persuaded himself that he is ; he has allowed himself to slip into old age . |
| 9 | He had allowed himself to hope . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | He had indeed allowed himself to become too dependent on her , and he had paid the price of it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Indeed , had Fei Yen not been in the boat , he would have allowed himself to concede that Wu Tsai was herself quite beautiful . |
| 15 | Why had she allowed herself to respond like that , invited him to kiss her that way ? |
| 16 | It was empty , as empty as her head had been in Seville when she had allowed herself to fall in love so easily . |
| 17 | ‘ I am in the pink , ’ said Dot , though she knew she was n't or she would n't have allowed herself to weep the day before . |
| 18 | Above all , how could she have allowed herself to love Luke Scott ? |
| 19 | The Scentmakers ' Bazaar was not normally a place she would have allowed herself to have been seen dead in . |
| 20 | But somehow over the last twenty-four hours she 'd allowed herself to hope that it was n't true . |
| 21 | Only occasionally , on the anniversary of her baby 's birth , had she allowed herself to think , to regret , to remember . |
| 22 | Although she had never allowed herself to consider it a possibility , the thought had crossed her mind that he might know something about that letter . |
| 23 | His absence had n't prevented her thinking about him , but perhaps she had allowed herself to believe that it would continue indefinitely , hence her shock at seeing him now and the panicky sensation of a shadow falling over her once more , its darkness an almost tangible threat . |
| 24 | What had she allowed herself to believe ? |
| 25 | Paige was glad , then , that she 'd never allowed herself to believe they had a future . |
| 26 | In this sense it is an addictive illness although , unlike other addictions such as drug taking , the sufferer is not to be blamed for having allowed herself to become addicted . |
| 27 | She should never have allowed herself to become emotionally involved with a man who so patently distrusted her . |
| 28 | Now that she had met Silas Wilder , Lucy realised it would not be easy to persuade him to visit his stepmother , and once again she wondered why she had been stupid enough to have allowed herself to become involved in this situation . |
| 29 | She stared at him , then suddenly felt foolish as she realised how uptight she 'd allowed herself to become . |
| 30 | It was the first time she had allowed herself to get into conversation with any man , and it was not the frightening experience she had thought it would be . |