Example sentences of "was allow [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip Hardwick , the Goldsmiths ' surveyor , was appointed architect on 18th February ; on 18th March Hoyle 's death was reported to London , and duly regretted ; on 27th March the transfer of property was ordered to be carried out forthwith , and the Rev. William Newstead , then Usher and in charge of the School since Hoyle 's death , was allowed to continue in office . |
| 2 | Eventually , the management decided they were on to a loser , and the matter was allowed to sink into history . |
| 3 | Johanna was allowed to go into town because there was little else for her and other youngsters to do , said her father , Robert , 40 . |
| 4 | The only place I was allowed to go to school I think . |
| 5 | On the third Sunday I was allowed to go to Church , the Parish Church of Fulmer . |
| 6 | Each day Ariel fed Sycorax , mixing ingredients she was allowed to collect under guard from the fenced area of the compound 's grounds . |
| 7 | By this time , therefore , the Forest Eyre was found to be a cumbersome and ineffectual engine , and was allowed to fall into desuetude : only two short eyres were held in the southern forests during the remainder of the century — in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire in 1348 , and in Hampshire and Wiltshire in 1355 . |
| 8 | This certificate produced the desired effect and I was allowed to stay at home on parade days . |
| 9 | Guillaume believed in Modigliani 's gift and felt convinced that the price of his work would appreciate , but only if the painter was allowed to develop in peace . |
| 10 | The pellet was allowed to stand at room temperature for 15 minutes to allow binding to occur and unbound 51-chromium was then removed by washing with 0.9% saline . |
| 11 | This mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature for 15 minutes . |
| 12 | A letter written six months before trial was sufficient in Mumby v R R Taylor ( Trading as Daisy Bus Service ) ( 1976 ) SC Library Transcript No 459 and the plaintiff was allowed to amend at trial even though doing so meant the defendant 's payment in was inadequate . |
| 13 | The really sad reflection is , that if we must have a golf course at Redworth ( and only one lone voice was allowed to speak in opposition at the meeting ) , there is absolutely no need to remove any trees at all . |
| 14 | And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram . |
| 15 | Parliament had some regard for the rights of property ; the old Company was allowed to run in competition with the new one for a few years , and of course in India the old Company had advantages in organization , in diplomatic connections , and in possessing established forts and factories . |
| 16 | The state of emergency , in force for 27 years , was allowed to expire at midnight on Nov. 8 , in accordance with the Constitution adopted on Aug. 2 [ see p. 38378 ] which stipulated that any such martial law in force should cease seven days after the inauguration of a new presidency . |