Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at his own [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Abberley looks at his own cardiograph for a time . |
| 2 | Choking , he shifted one hand from his enemy to claw at his own throat , and instantly the fist that was strangling him heaved him roughly back from the edge and flung him down in safety at the foot of the wall . |
| 3 | ( This was a circumstance paralleled at his own funeral , when the friends and relations of the woman he 'd been living with for part of the week since the early 1960s stole the show from us , the pathetic huddle of the family of his middle years . ) |
| 4 | Mo was saying that each child progresses at his own rate , and that later lulls regularly offset the apparent advances of their early years . |
| 5 | Howard was not only thanked by Parliament for his humanity and zeal ; he even had copies of the Act printed at his own expense and distributed to all gaol keepers . |
| 6 | The years spent at Cass enabled Rod Morris to evolve at his own pace and allowed his intuition the subtle space it required . |
| 7 | The years spent at Cass enabled Rod Morris to evolve at his own pace and allowed his intuition the subtle space it required . |
| 8 | He , Lewis , was quite prepared to get the place redecorated at his own expense . |
| 9 | Space and air and the chance to go at his own pace , and most of all he needed to get away from the Zoo to that place which in the weeks he had been ill he had begun to sense must exist , though he knew neither its name nor where it might be . |
| 10 | Vic grimaces at his own reflection , as if to say : come off it , no identity crises , please . |
| 11 | There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own pace . |
| 12 | The signalman guffawed at his own punchline then disappeared from view , closing the window after him . |
| 13 | Or rather , about finishing up customers ' drinks , for when Albert came in on a Monday morning drunk at his own expense none of his morally outraged proprietors had ever turned a hair . |
| 14 | Antonio roared at his own humour , joined by Christina and Stephen , while his wife stood silent . |
| 15 | Furthermore , " The Governors inspected the School building and the darkness of the large room having been a frequent source of complaint and of expense in the use of gas [ for lighting ] , Captain Sykes offered at his own cost to employ an architect and have the windows lowered to a suitable height . " |
| 16 | The man chuckled at his own joke . |
| 17 | In 1964 , although widely expected to reach the higher echelons of the Army , Winchester retired at his own request and settled in Kenya , where he kept dairy cattle on a farm outside Nairobi . |
| 18 | The effectiveness of training can be maintained if the training scheme incorporates features such as smaller learning steps and ‘ discovery learning ’ where the trainee proceeds at his own pace using his own strategies ( Belbin 1965 ) . |
| 19 | The proctologist hooted at his own wit before asking which of my father 's famous wives was my mother . |
| 20 | It can be a problem if , for example , the groom speaks no English : either he , or the bride and her family , may feel he ought to have the opportunity to speak at his own wedding , or that he has a duty to honour his hosts by thanking them publicly . |
| 21 | Being given time to proceed at his own speed in self-care |
| 22 | Michael decides he needs time , time to explore at his own pace projects involving the art of photography , video , tape slide , drama , art and design , computing , creative writing , music … |
| 23 | So in relation to section 13(1) of the Acts of 1974 and 1976 , for a judge ( who is always dealing with an individual case ) to pose himself the question : ‘ Can Parliament really have intended that the acts that were done in this particular case should have the benefit of the immunity ? ’ is to risk straying beyond his constitutional role as interpreter of the enacted law and assuming a power to decide at his own discretion whether or not to apply the general law to a particular case . |
| 24 | It was a dinner held at his own expense in a private room at Magdalen , and it was a symptom of his great generosity . |