And he would scarcely allow three of his children to be taken without some recovery effort.

It was indeed so lovely and so interesting that I would scarcely allow myself to be torn away from it.

His enthusiasm was so great that he would scarcely allow himself the time to eat and drink.

I had never told anyone the details of my dreams before, and they had frightened me so I scarcely allowed myself to remember them.

The evidence for the years 838-40 scarcely ever allows us to differentiate Charles's political activity from his father's.

Mentally, I'd excised all reference to the relationship, so that now I scarcely allowed myself to remember his name.

They will scarcely allow me to enter the room!

Charity work would scarcely allow her to earn much of a living, which was why most male physicians wouldn't even consider it.

And since his specialty was multi-species medicine, he could scarcely allow the opportunity for education to slip by.

He scarcely allowed me to put my nose inside the door before attacking me.