Example sentences of "[pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it ai n't surprisin' , with 'is own wife callin' 'im a sinner , and tellin' 'im 'e ought to wash more … |
| 2 | ‘ A task after 'is own heart I 'll warrant ! |
| 3 | Our Joe 's got 'is own farm in t'Canadas and there 's our Tamar , no better than she should be , and living like a queen . ’ |
| 4 | My own ferrets are in fact retained for working purposes — but I would have to admit that , yes , they are probably pets too . |
| 5 | I knew I 'm a good chatterer ’ — he grinned — ‘ but I can keep my own counsel , and yours an' all , if you want to talk . ’ |
| 6 | What bothers me is not so much the loss of either Peter Datchett or the yellow dress , but the awful glimpse of my own acquiescence . ’ |
| 7 | Furthermore , I have also set in motion several of my own initiatives as well as sponsoring the suggestions of a couple of other departments . |
| 8 | ‘ Lady , my conduct is my own affair , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ Surely my personal relationships are my own affair , ’ she countered lightly . |
| 10 | ‘ My actions and my choice of companions are entirely my own affair , and frankly I do n't see any reason to divulge any information about either . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And my reasons are my own affair . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ My reason is — my own affair . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ How I pay my mortgage is my own affair ! ’ retorted Leith , well and truly rattled . |
| 14 | I was told there was n't one but was invited onto the executive where I could form my own women 's group . |
| 15 | ‘ And to the end that you may deal for me without hindrance , to bring about this peace , I undertake that I will not henceforth , at least until I do withdraw this word , have any ado of my own willing with any English company in arms , but will forbear them as you counsel . |
| 16 | ‘ My own remit was to consider the management of operational safety covering normal and emergency operating procedures , the conduct of control room and plant operations , and radiation protection . |
| 17 | It contradicts all the assumptions of secular culture — that I can gain self-knowledge and pull myself up by my own shoestrings . |
| 18 | I had time only to think , he will find my own garb strange , before I walked dazedly up to him and sat by his side a yard away from him . |
| 19 | Oh he says I make my own prawn cocktail he says at home and lettuce and |
| 20 | However , work on the War Time Operational Expert System was continued until it was passed over to another Branch and , of course , I have continued to sponsor the work on the Circuit Board Fault Diagnostic Aid since this was my own MSc project . |
| 21 | Now I have my own friends and we never really talk about it . |
| 22 | ‘ I choose my own friends , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I make my own friends . ’ |
| 24 | I have the occasional drink with my current boss , Jack Mason , but otherwise have my own friends . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll make my own friends if I want to . |
| 26 | Apart from my own field already mentioned above , others may choose to research Victorian turnstiles , pre-war floodlighting , tea hut menus or programme design ; then again , there is still much work to be done on Second Division lavatories . |
| 27 | Apart from public education , my own field of interest and experience has been in the discourse analysis of language in the magistrates ' court , where I have played the roles of a bilingual interpreter and of a sociolinguist observing the language scene . |
| 28 | My own approach is not biographical , and assumes neither a clear-cut persona nor a narrative sequence . |
| 29 | My own approach was fortunately simplified by ignorance . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd like to help the small beer producers of Britain more , I 've made a start with cider — I 'm stocking Dunkerton 's cider from Herefordshire ; Ivor really is a man after my own heart , full organic status from the Soil Association . ’ |