Example Sentences

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State officials have been permitting motorists to use shoulders instead of allowing one-way flow on the state’s highways.

From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2017

The criticism is implied that they should have been permitting a little more settled in their beliefs.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Graebner, Theodore

"Evidently, Mr. Montague," he said, "you have been permitting your client to take advantage of you."

From The Moneychangers by Sinclair, Upton