Example Sentences

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Ahmed would like to respond, but he never does because then he will have allowed himself to be angry.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2016

But if it could be shown that the adjournment is merely ad interim, between sessions of the Seventieth Congress, then perhaps the President's failure to veto will have allowed the bill to become law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence, at all future banquets, every Alderman will have allowed him a whole quart of beer, and beer of the bitterest into the bargain.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various