Example sentences of "[pers pn] allows [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of women can take in another who is thoroughly miserable , and if she allows herself to join in , she can find herself much restored by the general strength there . |
| 2 | She allows herself to have no possessions , only two sets of clothing and anything else she gets from charities goes straight into making homes and clinics which provide free health care to poor mothers for their children . |
| 3 | Divergent sexuality , it is clear even now , is only permissible as long as it allows itself to be stolen , as long as it conforms to existing industry patterns and dominant sexual stereotypes . |
| 4 | In a compromising philosophy he allows himself violence against property but never against life , human or otherwise . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But all that we are requiring of him is that , widening his viewpoint from himself to the community , he has taken account of the communal effects of theft , before , as himself not the weigher but the balance , he allows himself finally to settle against or in favour of taking the money . |
| 7 | The incommodiousness of Scotch windows keeps them very closely shut … even in houses well built and elegantly furnished , a stranger may be sometimes forgiven if he allows himself to wish for fresher air . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Finally , he allows himself to marry one of inferior rank and connections , against his family 's wishes , because he is in love . |