Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] [pron] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benjamin ‘ Bibi ’ Netanyahu , the recently elected leader of the dispirited party , is concerned above all to maintain unity , and has not yet shown his own hand . |
| 2 | The area of site control is complicated by the fact that the partner or manager of the job has not only to control his own staff and their performance , but also has to ensure — on behalf of his client — that the work being done under his direction by third parties is also properly progressed . |
| 3 | This has had an effect on the JCT , which has not only revised its own forms , but is working hard to extend its range . |
| 4 | It is true that she has not always got her own way in Cabinet , particularly in the first years . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , Hong Kong 's flora and fauna are basically that of neighbouring China , though some islands must have been separated long enough to produce their own endemic species . |
| 6 | Each discipline may choose not only to put their own interpretation on the material they incorporate under a heading , but also choose to organize the material in a different way , e.g. classify according to the type of processing , rather than function . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been told once more to mind my own business . |
| 8 | But Mr Clinton , 46 , was yesterday taking no chances and set out on a final round-the-clock trek to nine states before heading home today to cast his own vote . |
| 9 | Er well it 's just all the char about thirteen fourteen charities are getting together just to sell their own goods , bric-à-brac and various other things . |
| 10 | They are also completely fearless — having long since confronted their own vision of world destruction , nothing holds any terror for them any longer . |
| 11 | Two of the few consultants lost were Michel Carre and Georges Orban , who went on successfully to form their own firm , Carre Orban . |
| 12 | Frederica , who did not even make her own bed , acquired one or two odd skills . |
| 13 | He made no announcement until 19 October , and perhaps did not even close his own mind until no more than a week earlier , but on 3 October , the same day that the Italian attack was eventually launched , he went to Bournemouth and for the first time in seven years addressed the Conservative Party Conference . |
| 14 | We did not even have our own lavatories ; our employees had to go outside our part of the building to use communal facilities . |
| 15 | The court did not simply substitute its own view because Congress had assigned the task primarily to the agency which , because of its greater experience , placed it in a better position to resolve the matter than the Court . |
| 16 | The compensatory factor was that old-school professionals did not usually have their own transport and many a signature was cajoled out of them on their way to nearest railway station or tram or bus stop . |
| 17 | The military did not always get its own way but it was in a strong position . |
| 18 | We do not even hold our own Ministers to account . |
| 19 | The implication of all this is not only that weak businesses do worse in absolute terms , but that they do not even realize their own potential . |
| 20 | A feature of suburbia is that many people do not even know their own neighbours ; certainly not those across the way . |
| 21 | He wanted to go there once more and start out again choosing his own route and finding his own freedom . |
| 22 | ‘ So , he did n't even know his own brother 's name . |
| 23 | But Ken did n't always respect his own talent . |
| 24 | You know if everyone around and they did n't actually have their own children . |
| 25 | Do n't just renew your own ; please introduce a friend or two . |
| 26 | Coates adds that at least three Football League clubs do n't even have their own ground , much less illumination . |
| 27 | Dewdrops doubtless resemble other dewdrops , but they do n't specifically resemble their own ‘ parent ’ dewdrops . |
| 28 | She remembered her last encounter with Alexander and failed yet again to understand her own behaviour . |
| 29 | At first sight one might think he was taking no part in the uproar , but Toby had only recently completed his own schooldays , and he had soon realized that Hilary controlled it . |
| 30 | My mother had lived my life until half a year ago when I had so briefly lived my own and in the process destroyed it . |