Example sentences of "allow himself [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He normally managed this by allowing himself a few seconds of pure indulgence in sensation and then thinking of something neutral for a while and , if this did n't work , something really horrible . |
| 2 | He eased back from her , only allowing himself a partial penetration . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ca n't pretend ‘ e was , ’ said Charlie , allowing himself a smile . |
| 4 | Allowing himself an hour at the site , he should be back at Emily 's house by shortly after 6 . |
| 5 | ‘ But I will , ’ he said softly , allowing himself the smallest of smiles . |
| 6 | Nor had Innocent any intention of allowing himself the humiliation of Lateran I where the council defeated the pope . |
| 7 | EVERY time that jaunty music to the children 's television series Captain Pugwash is broadcast , Johnny Pearson doubtless allows himself a smile . |
| 8 | In concert , Pollini 's almost super-human control is just as evident , yet he normally allows himself a degree of flexbility which one rarely encounters in the studio . |
| 9 | He allows himself a carefully selected smile , humorous , equal to equal , and goes on , the ease of his words belied by the hurry of his delivery and the force of his grip on her arm . |
| 10 | Jim Bob , thousands of miles from home , still nurturing that Fagin-style goatee , sits backstage at Boston 's Paradise Club and allows himself a crooked smirk . |
| 11 | Flaubert allows himself a private smile : ‘ It represented the Republic , or Progress , or Civilisation , in the figure of Jesus Christ , driving a locomotive through a virgin forest . ’ |
| 12 | Paul , in these verses , allows himself the chance to look back with his readers , and see the results of twenty years of Christian service . |
| 13 | Though he allowed himself no fewer than four books ( She , Ayesha , She and Allan and Wisdom 's Daughter ) in which to analyse this character , he never seems to have decided exactly what she was meant to represent or how far she was intended to be a symbol of the ‘ world 's desire ’ . |
| 14 | Matthew , though , allowed himself no respite from his black crippling grief ; he kept it close , deep inside him . |
| 15 | Dougal allowed himself no frills , like misspellings or too much information . |
| 16 | Gaily allowed himself a smile . |
| 17 | Briant allowed himself a small sigh of irritation . |
| 18 | The Feldwebel bounced up and down with laughter so that his hat fell off the back of his head and even the officer allowed himself a smile . |
| 19 | He slammed the phone down and allowed himself a small smile . |
| 20 | He allowed himself a smile . |
| 21 | And Judge Lawrence Verney allowed himself a wry little smile . |
| 22 | The second time I 've sat like this , he thought , and allowed himself a wry smile . |
| 23 | He allowed himself a little smile , which vanished from his face when he felt the car slowing , and glimpsed through the misted window the place the facilitator had brought him to . |
| 24 | Forester allowed himself a novelist 's licence in The Hornblower Companion , where admirably executed maps with concise accompanying comment helped to establish the factual background of his stones . |
| 25 | He allowed himself a faint smile of satisfaction then slipped the five-dollar note under Rosie 's glass and left the bar . |
| 26 | Connor allowed himself a crooked smile . |
| 27 | He upended each of them in turn and allowed himself a grim little smile of satisfaction when a squirming scorpion tumbled from one of them . |
| 28 | Forester allowed himself a quiet groan of relief . |
| 29 | Swod allowed himself a quarter smile at her recognition but his body was so unused to this display of emotion that he began to cough . |
| 30 | He allowed himself a slight smile . |