Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] [verb] [pron] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this level the subordinate is saying ‘ I 'm helpless to solve my own problems so I need a wise person ( Parent ) like you to solve them for me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I wo n't be a king , ’ he muttered to himself ; ‘ they ca n't force me to ; I 'm free to make my own life . |
| 3 | Nothing nothing to worry about I was I was happy leading my own erm quiet little life you know . |
| 4 | I was free to express my own thoughts and feelings — it hurt sometimes . |
| 5 | I was careful to explain my own attitude to commissioned work — that in order for me to work it would have to be within the broadest of limitations . |
| 6 | So I stayed with him for quite while until I was able to tackle my own half a stint , not a full stint , which was nine yards . |
| 7 | Since I since I left school and I was able to afford my own clothes and I knew that erm a responsibility for my own clothing was on my my own shoulders , it has never bothered me since , for myself . |
| 8 | ‘ Everything seemed to fit , ’ she continued shakily , ‘ I was afraid to trust my own judgement . |
| 9 | Life is more interesting if you are able to guide your own destiny , and this is only possible if you can find the time to plan . |
| 10 | At home you are free to choose your own . |
| 11 | Of course , you are free to make your own arrangements if you prefer . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course , you 're entitled to have your own legal representative present , if you wish to be really formal about things . |
| 13 | ‘ But you became greedy , Barney , ’ she said , ‘ you became so greedy you were willing to sell your own daughter like a beast at the fair , forcing her to marry a lecherous oul wretch that 's old enough to be her father . |
| 14 | But the Service will allow her time off and she is prepared to make her own arrangements regarding food and accommodation . |
| 15 | At just 17 she is privileged to have her own flat and sports car both courtesy of her celebrity father who also provides her with £200 per week pocket money . |
| 16 | On the few occasions when Fernando had some pressing business to attend to she was able to put her own mind to work and make a few valuable contacts for the agency but the majority of her time was spent with her love . |
| 17 | By tacit consent they kept their conversation to motor racing , and as Kate knew a surprising amount about automotive engineering she was able to hold her own in open discussion with him . |
| 18 | She was not very much surprised to see him on his feet and opening the door , but when he swayed and put a hand on the wall to steady himself she was unable to prevent her own hand going out towards him . |
| 19 | Whether it 's the launch of Concorde or a dramatic scientific advance — such as the invention of the hovercraft — we are slow to thump our own tub and even slower to exploit our own innovations . |
| 20 | If we are so satisfied , then we are free to exercise our own discretion . |
| 21 | As I am satisfied that the judge applied an incorrect test to the foster mother 's application , and was also deprived of material necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion , it follows that we are free to exercise our own discretion and it is to that question that I now turn . |
| 22 | I too desired to be at home , and was glad when we were able to close our own dear front door behind us , and be gathered in to the silence of our little parlour . |
| 23 | They are free to move around ; they can plan their own work schedules ; and they are free to use their own initiative . |
| 24 | Kovalenko cast doubts on the ASEAN proposal for a neutral zone since he imagined it ‘ wrong to think that the ASEAN countries have already managed fully to break away from the influence of the imperialist powers and that they are free to pursue their own foreign policy ’ . |
| 25 | The procedure of egg donation , or of proembryo donation , could help some women to bear a child even though they are unable to produce their own eggs , or are bearers of a genetically transmissible disease . |
| 26 | If you think that there is a good chance of a daily newspaper using one of your pictures but do n't feel that they are likely to send their own staff photographers , a phone call to the picture editor could arrange the delivery of exposed film immediately after the event . |
| 27 | The research also demonstrated that older workers could maximize their efficiency if they were able to control their own work pace . |
| 28 | In such circumstances , they were reluctant to abandon their own positions for a possibly lesser place in a new party in which Ian Paisley would play a major part . |
| 29 | Even if they were willing to see their own power reduced , radical reform is a jump into the unknown . |
| 30 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |