Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we made love that day in your room , and I experienced my own frailty , it shook me . |
| 2 | Sure , I was aware of the possibility that he too could have the perfect hand — even that he had cunningly rolled that five to mislead my own investment when I could have collared his . |
| 3 | When I am so self-centred that I would not dream of asking the Spirit for his strength , preferring to go my own way , I am encouraged to recall that ‘ God is at work in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure ’ ( Phil . |
| 4 | I felt my parents ' anxieties about both their own and their children 's lives so keenly that they became my own , quite against my will , and I had to fight to reject them . |
| 5 | I have heard my own favourite , Alchemilla mollis a useful hardy gap-filler , described as just that by a fellow gardener . |
| 6 | Cornwall has kept the Championship flag flying for the last few years and has continued to emphasise my own view that such a competition could have an important place . |
| 7 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 8 | I got my own home and it ai n't got a broken window . |
| 9 | ‘ Even got my own toilet . |
| 10 | ‘ I got my own back on Terry . |
| 11 | But I got my own back — at the time I was writing a column for the Guardian , so I wrote '20 Things You Did n't Know About the Editor of The Sun ’ — the Editor of The Sun wears his pyjamas over his head and he has twelve daughters , all called Spot . |
| 12 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 13 | The screws knew I was vocal and articulate and had by then got my own way to a fair extent by being incredibly polite and incredibly persistent but not actually stepping out of line . |
| 14 | Erm I must say that on the clothing scene , because I did criticize it in my earlier statements , er that when I was so young I thought it was so frumpy and I was so pleased when I was married and got my own income that , you know , I could go elsewhere and choose something . |
| 15 | I have whittled my own shortlist down to four models : the Thorens TD166VI / UK with Rega arm ( £269 ) , Systemdeck IIX ( £248 ) , the Rational Audio Aura 01 ( around £195 including a Linn K5 cartridge ) and the Rega Planar 3 ( £250 ) . |
| 16 | I 'll build my own museum in Pittsburgh , or someplace else , or give my paintings to the National Gallery in London . |
| 17 | As a small boy , I devised my own set of cartoon animals , and they now stood me in good stead . |
| 18 | ‘ It has been a bit painful , but I thought it would probably go away if I ignored it , so I did n't bother seeing my own doctor before we sailed . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll earn my own money ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I can earn my own money . ’ |
| 21 | I am enjoying my own attention ; a carpenter in a large mustard sweater , and a sweet-faced young lad with glasses . |
| 22 | The chapters that follow seek to outline the ways in which I have pursued and developed my own management skills , and the lessons that I have learnt on the way . |
| 23 | ‘ By the sod , Brother , I ca n't even govern my own house . ’ |
| 24 | Look , I 've no money for a hotel so I 'd better make my own arrangements for tonight . |
| 25 | ‘ I intend to stay in control — and I will make my own decisions all the way . ’ |
| 26 | They assumed I 'd go to Chislehurst with them , but I said I 'd turn up later on my bike ; I 'd make my own arrangements . |
| 27 | I wish to be wholly responsible for my acts , to be master of my fate ; I shall make my own choice of ends , distance myself from my own reactions and learn to manipulate them like external events . |
| 28 | Perhaps now I could make my own bread ! |
| 29 | Do you think , if I buy a little spade , I can make my own garden ? ’ |
| 30 | Answer some questions … or else I 'll make my own arrangements . ’ |