Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] allow [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Faded blue velvet curtains , worn in places and with dust lying along the folds , were pushed back to allow the last of the light to enter the room .
2 Further , the parties had agreed not to allow a non-party to benefit from a waiver of immunity made in favour of the parties unless there was reciprocity .
3 In both cases return to Brunnen direct by boat from the Rutli landing stage ( a special ticket can be taken out to allow an outward journey to Treib and return from Rutli ) .
4 Not for one moment did the two men believe that they would see anything , and they were determined not to allow the foggy weather to play havoc with their imaginations .
5 Most of them then switched their loyalty to the country 's spiritual leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , who was determined not to allow the Islamic revolution to fall into the hands of a man he saw as an opportunist reformer .
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