Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] their own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then gradually slip the open bag into the tank , and allow the fish to swim out in their own time . |
| 2 | It is important to remember that there are risks attached to being kind to people in this state , and important also not to underestimate how difficult it may be for such people to reach out on their own . |
| 3 | So she took up their banner when she was Prime Minister , tempting people to start up on their own with tax and cash inducements . |
| 4 | Then , then of course there were n't no traffic signs in the middle of the road , it was a sort of er certain people from went and started that up and er they were all wor all worked in Caldmore it was almost as though the tailoring Caldmore was full of tailors in a way then there were people starting up on their own making clothes , but er there was quite a lot of tailors around er I know there was he 'd got a shop on Caldmore , he was a tailor and er shall we go through all the shops ? |
| 5 | Incapable of leaving people to get along on their own breathing their own air , thinking their own thoughts . |
| 6 | ‘ The costs are the biggest bar to people setting up on their own but I could use his phones , his photocopier , computer , telex , even his secretary to begin with . ’ |
| 7 | Young people striking out on their own for the first time frequently do not have transport and colleges or universities are not always situated in city centres . |
| 8 | Feeling vaguely foolish , the pair went back to their own room . |