Example sentences of "allow himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , the application of different principles of design at the two ends could be accounted for in one man 's work : either by supposing that he saw and was overwhelmed by the Theseion mural between designing the east and designing the west ; or , perhaps more convincingly , that he felt a traditional , sculptural style proper to the entrance-front while allowing himself at the back to experiment with a new pictorial interest . |
| 2 | ‘ Many felt he was allowing himself to be misrepresented . ’ |
| 3 | He admitted burglary , handling stolen goods and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car and was jailed for 21 months yesterday by Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court . |
| 4 | He was jailed for 21 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday after admitting burglary , handling stolen goods and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car . |
| 5 | But instead of allowing himself to be weaned off the drug , he went ‘ cold turkey ’ . |
| 6 | He provided titillating material — allowing himself to be photographed in the Cliveden swimming-pool with the lady . |
| 7 | It was on the tip of Jehan 's tongue to suggest that Alexei was allowing himself to be used only because it suited him ; but it was clear that discussing the subject was making Jehana unhappy , and so he said nothing , sitting quietly beside her until suddenly she got up and went into the house . |
| 8 | The last and smallest darted back , self-importantly , to inscribe his name with care in the visitors ' book , which lay open on a table by the door , before allowing himself to be shepherded after his companions . |
| 9 | Aindow is further charged with conspiracy with others to pervert the course of justice by allowing himself to be struck in the leg in order to support a false story that he had been hit by the joyriders ' car . |
| 10 | He is further charged with conspiracy with others to pervert the course of justice by allowing himself to be struck in the leg in order to support a false story that he was hit by the stolen car . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the other lawyer was growing impatient with Bartocci for allowing himself to be imposed upon in this way by his pushy and unscrupulous colleague instead of attending to his utterly reasonable request for bail or a visitor 's pass or access to official files . |
| 12 | Strephon allows himself to be duped by the charms of this woman who , in Swift 's view , seems immortal because she appears clean . |
| 13 | The second half of section 12(1) deals with persons who knowing that a conveyance has been taken without authority , drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it . |
| 14 | He discreetly allows himself to be steered . |
| 15 | Section 12(1) states : … a person shall be guilty of an offence if , without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority , he takes any conveyance for his own or another 's use or knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority , drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it . |
| 16 | ( c ) " Allows himself to be carried in or on it " . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 19 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He laid aside his paper and allowed himself to be lulled into a rhythmical vacuity by the swaying of the ambulance . |
| 23 | Last season a referee allowed himself to be wired up for a League match at The Den to record some of the things he had to put up with from players . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In 437 one of the last pagan aristocrats allowed himself to be converted on his deathbed by his conspicuously pious niece , perhaps from fear of less gentle pressure from the emperor . |
| 26 | In his anxiety he often allowed himself to be beaten down in price . |
| 27 | Cotton allowed himself to be mollified . |
| 28 | At his most impressionable , Nicholas allowed himself to be talked into publicity stunts that horribly backfired . |
| 29 | Martin allowed himself to be magnanimous . |
| 30 | Edouard shrugged , and allowed himself to be drawn along the street towards the Place de la Révolution . |