Example sentences of "my own way " in BNC.
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1 | Mick informed me that the Brigade Major had gone to pay No. 4 Commando a visit , so I decided to make my own way there and keep out of the Brigade Major 's path as much as possible . |
2 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
3 | In my own way . ’ |
4 | I should have been able to say , Fuck you , I 'll go my own way : as you did , as Sergei did . |
5 | Martin Randall believes in allowing his clients off the leash for a good deal of unorganised time , which enabled me to enjoy my favourite occupation : finding my own way around a new city . |
6 | I 'll find my own way . |
7 | The American Mary Vorse published her remarkable Autobiography of an Elderly Woman in 1911 , which reflects at length on the reversal of roles that left her ‘ contriving to get my own way , for all the world like a naughty , elderly child , while my daughter was worrying about my headstrong ways as if she was my mother instead of my being hers . ’ |
8 | I was paying my own way , sleeping on the beach at night , leaving my backpack in a kibbutz during the day , and the research went pretty well . |
9 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
10 | Like any other youth , I was thrilled by the annual visits of the big circus , and when the Al G. Barnes Circus came to town I paid my own way in to the ‘ show ’ and sat up that night writing the first big-top review for the Times-Herald , which Fred Workman accepted with alacrity . |
11 | This does n't mean that I have slopped believing , but only that I believe in my own way . |
12 | I had finally hit rock-bottom , down there with the bums and dossers , unable even to pay my own way in Winston Street . |
13 | When we arrived at King 's Cross I was told for the sake of reality I must find my own way to the Savoy Hotel , although the film crew would be close by in case of emergency . |
14 | ‘ If I must collect their newspaper , I 'll do it my own way ’ |
15 | You see , I love my wife in my own way , but we lead our own lives … |
16 | ‘ With Chet or any other people I play with , I just steal a lick or two and use it my own way . |
17 | All I can do is feel what I 'm feeling , and translate it in my own way . ’ |
18 | ‘ From now on I want to make my own way in the world , be independent . ’ |
19 | I would stay on in Al Ain , making my own way to London in time for his return . |
20 | But this time I will do it my own way ! ’ |
21 | I have in my own way tried to point out that , of the world 's leading rugby nations , the game in south Africa has suffered badly not only as a result of its years of isolation — as many of those who have just visited the country during the New Zealand and Australian tours believe — but precisely because our officials have for a very long time been at the forefront of the trend towards professionalism . |
22 | I found my own way down . |
23 | Do n't bother — I can find my own way out . |
24 | Quite early , I made up my mind that all I wanted to be was a top flight boxer , to follow Jack Johnson in my own way and become the first black British heavyweight champion . |
25 | I go my own way . ’ ' |
26 | I developed in my own way , free from the pressures of fashion . |
27 | I , however , saw it my own way . |
28 | In 1990 I went my own way in setting-up the bike , instead of following [ Reinhold ] Roth 's way . |
29 | In general , I attempted to capture the dramatic energy of this marvellous score and to re-create that drama in my own way . |
30 | I made my own way out of the station . |