Example sentences of "allowed [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you were n't allowed to come out the pit , I mean you had to wait until knocking off time you see , before you were come out , Anything like that I mean er unless you 've got broken legs or anything like that . |
| 2 | Memories being short , it may be forgotten that until comparatively recently a spin bowler was allowed to rough up the ball in the dust to help his grip . |
| 3 | Andrew Lees , campaigns director of FoE , said : " While the public has a right to know about what companies are allowed to put down the sewers , the details of their actual discharges are kept secret " . |
| 4 | It was impossible , in any case , to bath her , because they were only allowed to let out the bathwater on a falling tide . |
| 5 | You have to have a licence to have a C.B. and when you get your licence you also get given a rule book which tells you all the things you are and are not allowed to do and say when using the C.B. One of the rules is that you are not allowed to swear down the C.B. as anybody can listen into your conversation and hear you swearing . |
| 6 | Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them . |
| 7 | For its part , the Phnom Penh government insisted that the " obstacle " of the former ruler must not be allowed to hold up the peace process , and denied that he had to be SNC chair under September 's Jakarta agreement on setting up the SNC . |
| 8 | No outlet was provided and , once the leat was full , the water was allowed to overflow down the hillside via sluice gates or boards , raising the temperature of the frosted land to that of the spring water and encouraging the grass to grow early — again to help feed sheep and lambs in the early spring . |
| 9 | But account-holders who do not put in the maximum in any one year are not allowed to top up the account in the following or any subsequent years . |
| 10 | Biological filters have to be operated continuously for if the filter is allowed to dry out the bacteria perish . |
| 11 | Candles are special to Sam as he is allowed to blow out the altar candles after Mass at church . |
| 12 | These days women were allowed to take up the running , but she had n't and now it was too late . |
| 13 | The construction industry 's authority should remain a statutory body while the Engineering Training Authority should be allowed to take over the functions of the old engineering industry training board . |
| 14 | It was eventually agreed that I could be allowed to bring up the subject . |