Example sentences of "[prep] running [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ AFTER running my own business and being my own boss I can definitely say I will never return to full-time employment again . ’ |
| 2 | Commitment not only to the extended family but also to the nuclear , two-parent family will diminish as men fail to adjust to the aspirations of educated women , and more women follow the long-established practice in coastal west Africa of running their own households . |
| 3 | The redundant pitmen each pledged ten thousand pounds of their own money to try to turn their dream of running their own business into reality . |
| 4 | She was perfectly capable of running her own firm — she simply made a reasoned choice not to . |
| 5 | And not only for the pleasure of running her own thriving business , but for the more fundamental change it had brought about in her . |
| 6 | Benjamin James Titford may or may not have made his fair share of mistakes as a young teacher ; but when the chance came of running his own show in a conducive environment , he took it with alacrity . |
| 7 | He may , however , begin to think that , being judged capable of running his own show , he should be given a department of his own . |
| 8 | ‘ We are quite capable of running our own piggy bank , without asking someone else to do it for us . ’ |
| 9 | I explained that I wanted the experience of running my own expedition and , after some discussion , he withdrew his objections but warned me not to go further than Bilen . |
| 10 | Like running your own nightclubs , for example . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Then I 'd better get on with running my own business . |
| 12 | ‘ It really is time he got on with running his own business and let us run ours . |
| 13 | LIKE other companies that presume to tell others their business — banks , advertising agencies and so on — management consultants have a poor reputation for running their own affairs . |
| 14 | A Britain where freedom was extended and where people took on more responsibility for running their own lives . |
| 15 | It has given parents and teachers much more responsibility for running their own schools and has freed the schools from the dead hand of local education bureaucracy in many places . |
| 16 | This is vital because most people taking up franchises are not experienced in running their own businesses . |
| 17 | The accession to power of nationalist movements and parties — the taking of political power by indigenous Africans previously denied a voice in running their own countries — brought about a dramatic transformation in Africa 's media . |
| 18 | They continued to enjoy rather more autonomy in running their own affairs , but the state officials who dealt with them were scarcely less rapacious than landlords . |
| 19 | Measures affecting higher education saw the universities granted greater autonomy in running their own affairs . |
| 20 | members were most interested in running their own school and tended to see more general materials as not immediately relevant |
| 21 | Four hospitals in the central south area are to carry out a pilot study in running their own affairs , a first step towards opting out of the National Health Service . |
| 22 | They may be former bankers or miners , students , nurses or printers but there is nothing in their previous experience that is much help in running your own show . |
| 23 | ‘ Most people in the health service suffer from the feeling there are far too many layers of authority above them and far too many constraints about what people can do when it comes to running their own unit better . |
| 24 | The first weeks in a job can be daunting — and irritating for women who are used to running their own lives . |
| 25 | VAT rules are threatening a valuable scheme that helps people on unemployment and other benefits to get the first foot on the ladder to running their own businesses . |
| 26 | Finally , they could contribute to the farm income by running their own tourist enterprise . |
| 27 | On being acquitted , Billing further annoyed the main parties by running his own ‘ purity ’ candidates at by-elections , under cover of an organization called the ‘ Vigilantes ’ , of which he was president . |