Example sentences of "[pos pn] own [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first set up home on my own I had so many bits of ill-assorted furniture that various friends and relatives had given me , that it was difficult to ever imagine having a beautiful home . |
| 2 | Looking at the way other people did it and sort of experimenting on my own I came up with a combination that worked . |
| 3 | I think I will be a very unconventional mother , and having two daughters of my own I am appalled by the cost that this is going to erm |
| 4 | You know I was completely on my own I , I 'd got to make my own decisions . |
| 5 | Irina is right to say that when I lived on my own I was a lonely man . |
| 6 | After one day on my own I am put back on trainee status . |
| 7 | Yes , yes , it does n't compete with the fireplace , we have a , a , er mock fire in there you know , normally in the winter that , that 's on and it looks , it 's very realistic , it almost looks as if it is a fire glowing all the time cos there 's a rotary spinner in it and it flickers , er , and er the room is very warm because it 's central heated anyway and , no I would n't say , it never bothers me the television , I do n't suppose that er , if I were left on my own I 'd hardly have it left on you know I think men watch television more than women . |
| 8 | The first day I could walk on my own I walked out . |
| 9 | And the thing is with my kids , if I was in the car on my own I could imagine chatting away |
| 10 | Ooh I thought he was going to , ooh I felt made me go cold and I I thought if , if I had n't been here on my own I 'd have been very tempted to go round and and say is there anything I can do . |
| 11 | you know , but I 'm there on my own I can pot do my hair , do what I wan na do go up the stairs , have a bath , you know , just do what I , drop my clothes where I wan na drop them and everything . |
| 12 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 13 | Oh if I was me and I was on my own I 'd ha I 'd have to have the telly in the bedroom . |
| 14 | a room of my own I think it was , it |
| 15 | Well I think they 're so , my own I do n't mind paying a bit more for really , because they 're so last me such a long while . |
| 16 | I 've got my own I choose when to shut up . |
| 17 | That 's why when I , when I go round the video shop on my own I usually go Jordans . |
| 18 | Cos I do n't like going in there on my own I feel intimidated . |
| 19 | I 'm really , really bored so I just thought seeing as I 'm on my own I 'd just tell you some slang erm for teenage languages . |
| 20 | Not just on my own he just said that , it was a bit bad cos I , I said to him , you know , who 's going and he listed like er reeled off , I ca n't remember , reeled off a load of blokes yes last night and I said are there any girls going and he said well I 'll see if I can get Laura and Giles to come and I said yeah I feel much better about that , you know , whatever and then today he said erm look ca n't go and was a real , I du n no he 's got something and he 's usually like the real medium and he , you know , if there 's e if there 's ever like a pregnant pause then he 's the one that like keeps it all going |
| 21 | ‘ When I work on my own it 's more like painting , because I 've got a canvas there and it 's an intuitive thing . |
| 22 | It is really my own it was n't given by the government I paid for it . |
| 23 | If I was in a bad mood or something and I wanted to be on my own it would be , ‘ Ah , have you had an argument with the girlfriend ? |
| 24 | My mother does n't cook very much food , and if I were to cook my own she would see that as greed and put a stop to it . |
| 25 | When I told her I was longing to start up on my own she suggested I should take advantage of some of the outhouses — convert them into surgery , waiting-room , office et cetera — and have several rooms in the house for myself . |
| 26 | On their own they are relatively poor cleaning agents . |
| 27 | On their own they lack the ability to form large pores for drainage and aeration , and are most vulnerable to wind erosion , panning , and poaching . |
| 28 | As international banks lend in currencies other than their own they are forced to bid in funds to support these operations , as for most no domestic deposit exists ( see Chapter 1 , Albion Bank 's balance sheet ) . |
| 29 | On their own they are too clumsy in their form of regulation to provide the necessary adaptations , especially those required for social living . |
| 30 | Even before the abject failure of the People 's Will conspiracy , many radicals were aware that on their own they could not overthrow the existing order . |