Example sentences of "and [adv] allow [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I even hoped the Germans would overrun our positions and so allow me to give myself up as a prisoner . |
| 2 | He [ Duncan Sandys ] treated them with scant consideration , brushed their doubts and fears aside , and scarcely allowed them to make their voices heard . |
| 3 | Negotiations took place to change this ruling and also to allow me to interpret my own X-rays without having to refer to senior medical staff . |
| 4 | She stood in the portico of his chamber and gravely allowed him to admire her . |
| 5 | My persistence paid off when the RCA relented and grudgingly allowed me to take my place on a joint MA course in the departments of Environmental Media and Design Education . |
| 6 | He lowered himself on to her breasts and she moaned as he held himself up on his elbows and barely allowed himself to touch her , his hard chest sliding lightly back and forth over the aching tenderness of her bosom . |
| 7 | He had always had his head stuck in a book and never allowed anyone to get him flustered . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose that you will be gracious enough first to tell me how you arrived here , and secondly to allow me to take you home before you end up in another alley . |